Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 10,245 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Chile stood at 10,245 ha.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Chile peaked at 14,000 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 8,700 ha, in 1973.
That places Chile 18th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 12,800 ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 13,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 13,044 ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 11,300 ha | -13.4% |
| 1967 | 10,600 ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 10,200 ha | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 9,700 ha | -4.9% |
| 1970 | 9,300 ha | -4.1% |
| 1971 | 9,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,700 ha | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 9,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 10,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 1979 | 9,900 ha | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 9,800 ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 11,900 ha | +21.4% |
| 1982 | 11,500 ha | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 13,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 1984 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 11,653 ha | -16.8% |
| 1986 | 11,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 10,937 ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 10,828 ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 11,402 ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 11,134 ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 13,625 ha | +22.4% |
| 1992 | 11,719 ha | -14.0% |
| 1993 | 13,540 ha | +15.5% |
| 1994 | 13,581 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 13,277 ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 12,301 ha | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 12,350 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 13,691 ha | +10.9% |
| 1999 | 12,626 ha | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 12,488 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 12,244 ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 12,145 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 12,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 12,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11,745 ha | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 11,490 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 10,500 ha | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 11,128 ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 11,458 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 11,234 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 10,813 ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 13,358 ha | +23.5% |
| 2013 | 9,772 ha | -26.8% |
| 2014 | 9,727 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 9,209 ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 10,009 ha | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 9,541 ha | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 9,899 ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 10,151 ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 10,115 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 10,934 ha | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 10,426 ha | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 9,896 ha | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 10,245 ha | +3.5% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 10,245 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 970 ha, 10.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Chile's 10,245 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 419 ha, 24.5× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,749 ha | 9,700 ha | 13,044 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,640 ha | 8,700 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,602 ha | 9,800 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,784 ha | 11,134 ha | 13,691 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,820 ha | 10,500 ha | 12,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,371 ha | 9,209 ha | 13,358 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,323 ha | 9,896 ha | 10,934 ha | 5 |
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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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in Chile?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Chile was 10,245 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 14,000 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,700 ha in 1973.
- How does Chile rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 18th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Green corn (maize) — 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.