Cereals, primary — Yield in Chile
Chile: Cereals, primary — Yield was 6,606 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Chile stood at 6,606 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Chile peaked at 7,157 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,372 kg/ha, in 1962.
Chile ranks 18th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Chile, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,441 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,372 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 1,575 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1964 | 1,677 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 1,692 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 1,897 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1967 | 1,952 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 1,946 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 1,672 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1970 | 1,902 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1971 | 1,994 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 1,860 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 1,683 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1974 | 1,881 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1975 | 1,723 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1976 | 1,451 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1977 | 2,130 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 1978 | 1,733 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1979 | 2,192 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1980 | 2,059 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1981 | 2,120 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 2,204 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 2,262 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 2,704 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1985 | 2,949 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 3,355 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1987 | 3,223 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 3,532 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1989 | 3,915 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 3,620 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1991 | 4,051 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 4,177 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 4,246 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 4,489 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 4,472 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 4,264 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 4,508 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 5,052 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1999 | 4,061 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2000 | 4,362 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 4,936 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2002 | 5,183 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 5,390 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 5,658 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 5,811 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 5,998 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 5,744 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 5,844 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 5,462 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 6,815 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 2011 | 6,928 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 6,230 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 6,913 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2014 | 6,128 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2015 | 7,082 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2016 | 6,858 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 6,779 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 7,144 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 7,157 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 6,246 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2021 | 6,491 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 6,114 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 6,382 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 6,606 kg/ha | +3.5% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 6,606 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Chile's 6,606 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,747 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,691 kg/ha | 1,372 kg/ha | 1,952 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,855 kg/ha | 1,451 kg/ha | 2,192 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,832 kg/ha | 2,059 kg/ha | 3,915 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,294 kg/ha | 3,620 kg/ha | 5,052 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,439 kg/ha | 4,362 kg/ha | 5,998 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,804 kg/ha | 6,128 kg/ha | 7,157 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,368 kg/ha | 6,114 kg/ha | 6,606 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,716 kg/ha compare
- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,806 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 1,716 kg/ha compare
- 16 Germany 6,790 kg/ha compare
- 17 Austria 6,722 kg/ha compare
- 17 Syrian Arab Republic 1,607 kg/ha compare
- 19 Côte d'Ivoire 2,542 kg/ha compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 871.8 kg/ha compare
- 19 Slovenia 6,586 kg/ha compare
- 20 Croatia 6,570 kg/ha compare
- 20 Caribbean 2,408 kg/ha compare
- 21 Guyana 6,563 kg/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 — yield in Chile?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Chile was 6,606 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 7,157 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,372 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Chile rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Chile ranks 18th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.