Green corn (maize) — Production in Chile
Chile: Green corn (maize) — Production was 153,701 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Production in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for green corn (maize) — production in Chile is 153,701 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — production in Chile peaked at 225,000 t in 1998 and was at its lowest, 107,000 t, in 1973.
Chile ranks 17th of 54 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Production in Chile, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 136,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 140,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 144,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 150,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 156,792 t | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 140,000 t | -10.7% |
| 1967 | 130,000 t | -7.1% |
| 1968 | 125,000 t | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 120,000 t | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 116,000 t | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 112,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 110,000 t | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 107,000 t | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 110,000 t | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 119,300 t | +8.5% |
| 1976 | 120,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 130,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 120,000 t | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 118,800 t | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 117,600 t | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 142,800 t | +21.4% |
| 1982 | 138,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 142,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 147,000 t | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 122,356 t | -16.8% |
| 1986 | 118,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 109,370 t | -7.3% |
| 1988 | 108,280 t | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 171,030 t | +58.0% |
| 1990 | 167,010 t | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 204,375 t | +22.4% |
| 1992 | 175,785 t | -14.0% |
| 1993 | 203,100 t | +15.5% |
| 1994 | 190,134 t | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 190,000 t | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 185,115 t | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 190,814 t | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 225,000 t | +17.9% |
| 1999 | 200,061 t | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 205,000 t | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 193,665 t | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 191,337 t | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 196,313 t | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 195,736 t | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 183,269 t | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 178,894 t | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 165,000 t | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 173,115 t | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 180,000 t | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 176,000 t | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 161,807 t | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 180,000 t | +11.2% |
| 2013 | 136,218 t | -24.3% |
| 2014 | 147,103 t | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 138,926 t | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 150,801 t | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 143,557 t | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 148,747 t | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 152,331 t | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 151,952 t | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 164,199 t | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 156,467 t | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 148,482 t | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 153,701 t | +3.5% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 153,701 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 11,212 t, 13.7× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Chile's 153,701 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 836.1 t, 183.8× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +58.0% | 108,280 t | 171,030 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 137,977 t | 120,000 t | 156,792 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 116,310 t | 107,000 t | 130,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 131,644 t | 108,280 t | 171,030 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 193,139 t | 167,010 t | 225,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 186,233 t | 165,000 t | 205,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 153,549 t | 136,218 t | 180,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 154,960 t | 148,482 t | 164,199 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 14 Canada 198,739 t compare
- 15 China 194,159 t compare
- 15 China, mainland 194,159 t compare
- 18 Australia and New Zealand 101,951 t compare
- 19 Australia 79,690 t compare
- 19 Côte d'Ivoire 184,729 t compare
- 20 Ukraine 61,600 t 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 green corn (maize) — production in Chile?
- Green corn (maize) — production in Chile was 153,701 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — production recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 225,000 t in 1998.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — production recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 107,000 t in 1973.
- How does Chile rank for green corn (maize) — production?
- Chile ranks 17th out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — production rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. 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 Green corn (maize) — Production. 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.