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Financial instruments (Details 13) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Dec. 31, 2018
Oct. 31, 2018
Jan. 15, 2018
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Tax ID No. Total Foreign    
Company   SQM S.A.    
Effective rate       3.25%
Notional amount $ 148,728 $ 16,796    
Current maturities 282,914 16,796    
Borrowing costs 0 (1,651)    
Total 280,578 15,145    
NotLaterThanThreeMonths [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 24,390 5,674    
Current maturities 24,390 5,674    
LaterThanThreeMonthsAndNotLaterThanOneYear [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 258,524 11,122    
Current maturities $ 258,524 $ 11,122    
Single series bond One [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Tax ID No. 93.007.000-9 93.007.000-9    
Company SQM S.A. SQM S.A.    
Country Chile Chile    
Number of registration or ID of the instrument - -    
Maturity date 04-21-2020 04-21-2019    
Currency or adjustment index US$ US$    
Payment of interest Semiannual Semiannual    
Nominal rate 5.50% 5.50%    
Effective rate 0.43% 0.95%    
Repayment Upon maturity Upon maturity    
Notional amount $ 252,674 $ 2,674    
Current maturities 252,674 2,674    
Borrowing costs (386) (386)    
Total 252,288 2,288    
Single series bond One [Member] | NotLaterThanThreeMonths [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 0 2,674    
Current maturities 0 2,674    
Single series bond One [Member] | LaterThanThreeMonthsAndNotLaterThanOneYear [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 252,674 0    
Current maturities $ 252,674 $ 0    
Single series bond Two [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Tax ID No. 93.007.000-9 93.007.000-9    
Company SQM S.A. SQM S.A.    
Country Chile Chile    
Number of registration or ID of the instrument - -    
Maturity date 01-28-2020 01-28-2019    
Currency or adjustment index US$ US$    
Payment of interest Semiannual Semiannual    
Nominal rate 4.38% 4.38%    
Effective rate 2.35% 2.75%    
Repayment Upon maturity Upon maturity    
Notional amount $ 4,648 $ 4,648    
Current maturities 4,648 4,648    
Borrowing costs (433) (433)    
Total 4,215 4,215    
Single series bond Two [Member] | NotLaterThanThreeMonths [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 4,648 0    
Current maturities 4,648 0    
Single series bond Two [Member] | LaterThanThreeMonthsAndNotLaterThanOneYear [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 0 4,648    
Current maturities $ 0 $ 4,648    
Single series bond Three [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Tax ID No. 93.007.000-9 93.007.000-9    
Company SQM S.A. SQM S.A.    
Country Chile Chile    
Number of registration or ID of the instrument - -    
Maturity date 04-03-2020 04-03-2019    
Currency or adjustment index US$ US$    
Payment of interest Semiannual Semiannual    
Nominal rate 3.63% 3.63%    
Effective rate 1.42% 1.77%    
Repayment Upon maturity Upon maturity    
Notional amount $ 2,658 $ 2,658    
Current maturities 2,658 2,658    
Borrowing costs (614) (614)    
Total 2,044 2,044    
Single series bond Three [Member] | NotLaterThanThreeMonths [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 0 2,658    
Current maturities 0 2,658    
Single series bond Three [Member] | LaterThanThreeMonthsAndNotLaterThanOneYear [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 2,658 0    
Current maturities $ 2,658 $ 0    
Single Series Bond Four [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Company SQM S.A.      
Country Chile      
Notional amount $ 2,869      
Current maturities 2,869      
Borrowing costs (679)      
Total 2,190      
Single Series Bond Four [Member] | NotLaterThanThreeMonths [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 0      
Current maturities 0      
Single Series Bond Four [Member] | LaterThanThreeMonthsAndNotLaterThanOneYear [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 2,869      
Current maturities $ 2,869      
Single Series Bond Five [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Tax ID No. 93.007.000-9      
Company SQM S.A.      
Country Chile      
Number of registration or ID of the instrument -      
Maturity date 05-07-2020      
Currency or adjustment index US$      
Payment of interest Semiannual      
Nominal rate 4.25%      
Effective rate 4.07%      
Repayment Upon maturity      
Series H bonds [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Tax ID No. 93.007.000-9 93.007.000-9    
Company SQM S.A. SQM S.A.    
Country Chile Chile    
Number of registration or ID of the instrument 564 564    
Maturity date 01-05-2020 01-05-2019    
Currency or adjustment index UF UF    
Payment of interest Semiannual Semiannual    
Nominal rate 4.90% 4.90%    
Effective rate 1.36% 1.90%    
Repayment Semiannual Semiannual    
Notional amount $ 17,166 $ 3,756    
Current maturities 17,166 3,756    
Borrowing costs (139) (139)    
Total 17,027 3,617    
Series H bonds [Member] | NotLaterThanThreeMonths [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 17,166 0    
Current maturities 17,166 0    
Series H bonds [Member] | LaterThanThreeMonthsAndNotLaterThanOneYear [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 0 3,756    
Current maturities $ 0 $ 3,756    
Series O bonds [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Tax ID No. 93.007.000-9 93.007.000-9    
Company SQM S.A. SQM S.A.    
Country Chile Chile    
Number of registration or ID of the instrument 699 699    
Maturity date 02-01-2020 02-01-2019    
Currency or adjustment index UF UF    
Payment of interest Semiannual Semiannual    
Nominal rate 3.80% 3.80%    
Effective rate 2.41% 2.60%    
Repayment Upon maturity Upon maturity    
Notional amount $ 890 $ 934    
Current maturities 890 934    
Borrowing costs (67) (67)    
Total 823 867    
Series O bonds [Member] | NotLaterThanThreeMonths [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 890 0    
Current maturities 890 0    
Series O bonds [Member] | LaterThanThreeMonthsAndNotLaterThanOneYear [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 0 934    
Current maturities $ 0 $ 934    
Series P bonds [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Tax ID No. 93.007.000-9 93.007.000-9    
Company SQM S.A. SQM S.A.    
Country Chile Chile    
Number of registration or ID of the instrument 563 563    
Maturity date 01-15-2020 01-15-2019    
Currency or adjustment index UF UF    
Payment of interest Semiannual Semiannual    
Nominal rate 3.25% 3.25%    
Effective rate 2.71% 3.07%    
Repayment Upon maturity Upon maturity    
Notional amount $ 1,686 $ 1,784    
Current maturities 1,686 1,784    
Borrowing costs (12) (12)    
Total 1,674 1,772    
Series P bonds [Member] | NotLaterThanThreeMonths [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 1,686 0    
Current maturities 1,686 0    
Series P bonds [Member] | LaterThanThreeMonthsAndNotLaterThanOneYear [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 0 1,784    
Current maturities $ 0 $ 1,784    
Series Q bonds [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Tax ID No. 93.007.000-9 93.007.000-9    
Company SQM S.A. SQM S.A.    
Country Chile Chile    
Number of registration or ID of the instrument 700 700    
Maturity date 06-01-2020 06-01-2019    
Currency or adjustment index UF UF    
Payment of interest Semiannual Semiannual    
Nominal rate 3.45% 3.45%    
Effective rate 3.11% 3.34% 3.45%  
Repayment Upon maturity Upon maturity    
Notional amount $ 323 $ 342    
Current maturities 323 342    
Borrowing costs (6) 0    
Total 317 342    
Series Q bonds [Member] | NotLaterThanThreeMonths [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 0 342    
Current maturities 0 342    
Series Q bonds [Member] | LaterThanThreeMonthsAndNotLaterThanOneYear [Member]        
Financial instruments [Line Items]        
Notional amount 323 0    
Current maturities $ 323 $ 0