Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 2,900 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Chile is 2,900 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Chile peaked at 2,900 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,400 ha, in 1973.
That places Chile 13th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 1971 | 1,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 1972 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 1,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,070 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 1,517 ha | -26.7% |
| 1992 | 1,588 ha | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 1,657 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 1,726 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 1,795 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 1,863 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 1,931 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 2,024 ha | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 2,076 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 2,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 2,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 2,551 ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 2,595 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 2,597 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,572 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 2,633 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 2,610 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 2,600 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,729 ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 2,759 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 2,793 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 2,816 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,854 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 2,880 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 2,850 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 2,861 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,900 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Chile changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -26.7% | 2,070 ha | 1,517 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,720 ha | 1,400 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,825 ha | 1,517 ha | 2,076 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,409 ha | 2,100 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,697 ha | 2,572 ha | 2,854 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,878 ha | 2,850 ha | 2,900 ha | 5 |
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- 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 flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Chile?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Chile was 2,900 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 2,900 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1973.
- How does Chile rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 13th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. 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 Flax, raw or retted — 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.