Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 386,898 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Chile recorded 386,898 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Chile peaked at 1.02 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 386,898 ha, in 2024.
That places Chile 97th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.02 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.01 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 991,550 ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 987,443 ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 957,810 ha | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 1.01 million ha | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 968,900 ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 1.01 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 951,251 ha | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 967,700 ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 968,330 ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 982,070 ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 784,560 ha | -20.1% |
| 1974 | 879,200 ha | +12.1% |
| 1975 | 969,970 ha | +10.3% |
| 1976 | 969,130 ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 928,550 ha | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 855,960 ha | -7.8% |
| 1979 | 883,810 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 852,020 ha | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 723,930 ha | -15.0% |
| 1982 | 656,950 ha | -9.3% |
| 1983 | 635,460 ha | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 782,360 ha | +23.1% |
| 1985 | 800,220 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 797,180 ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 874,770 ha | +9.7% |
| 1988 | 792,720 ha | -9.4% |
| 1989 | 804,080 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 823,447 ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 706,970 ha | -14.1% |
| 1992 | 694,330 ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 622,470 ha | -10.3% |
| 1994 | 583,380 ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 618,407 ha | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 604,456 ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 682,719 ha | +12.9% |
| 1998 | 613,235 ha | -10.2% |
| 1999 | 533,827 ha | -12.9% |
| 2000 | 593,690 ha | +11.2% |
| 2001 | 631,247 ha | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 652,128 ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 685,127 ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 706,925 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 686,445 ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 594,456 ha | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 497,056 ha | -16.4% |
| 2008 | 565,044 ha | +13.7% |
| 2009 | 572,191 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 526,524 ha | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 570,215 ha | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 556,184 ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 579,184 ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 567,641 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 534,984 ha | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 564,637 ha | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 512,101 ha | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 512,533 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 460,545 ha | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 442,145 ha | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 467,709 ha | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 423,377 ha | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 391,262 ha | -7.6% |
| 2024 | 386,898 ha | -1.1% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 386,898 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 280,960 ha, 1.4× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Chile's 386,898 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 170,633 ha, 2.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 990,257 ha | 951,251 ha | 1.02 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 918,928 ha | 784,560 ha | 982,070 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 771,969 ha | 635,460 ha | 874,770 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 648,324 ha | 533,827 ha | 823,447 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 618,431 ha | 497,056 ha | 706,925 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 538,455 ha | 460,545 ha | 579,184 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 422,278 ha | 386,898 ha | 467,709 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 94 Croatia 500,040 ha compare
- 95 Eritrea 478,367 ha compare
- 96 Honduras 408,130 ha compare
- 98 Tajikistan 376,457 ha compare
- 99 Mauritania 370,911 ha compare
- 100 Central African Republic 358,805 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Chile
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0345 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 621.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1082 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Chile?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Chile was 386,898 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 386,898 ha in 2024.
- How does Chile rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 97th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.