Green corn (maize) — Yield in Chile
Chile: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 15,002 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — yield in Chile stood at 15,002 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Chile peaked at 16,434 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 10,000 kg/ha, in 1987.
That places Chile 13th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Chile, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,880 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,111 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 11,250 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 11,538 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 12,020 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 12,389 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 12,264 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 12,255 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 12,371 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 12,473 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 12,444 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 12,222 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 12,299 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 12,222 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 11,930 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 11,818 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 11,429 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 12,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,923 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1984 | 10,500 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 10,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,727 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 10,000 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1988 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15,000 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1990 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 14,000 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 14,310 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 15,049 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 15,450 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 16,434 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 15,845 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 16,416 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 15,818 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 15,755 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 15,705 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 15,659 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 15,603 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 15,570 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 15,714 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 15,557 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 15,710 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 15,667 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 14,964 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 13,476 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 13,940 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 15,123 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 15,086 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 15,066 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 15,046 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 15,026 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 15,006 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 15,022 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 15,017 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 15,007 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 15,004 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 15,002 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 15,002 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,198 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Chile's 15,002 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5,272 kg/ha, 2.8× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — Yield 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 | +50.0% | 10,000 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,787 kg/ha | 10,880 kg/ha | 12,389 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,084 kg/ha | 11,429 kg/ha | 12,473 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,365 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,109 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha | 16,434 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,751 kg/ha | 15,557 kg/ha | 16,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,840 kg/ha | 13,476 kg/ha | 15,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,010 kg/ha | 15,002 kg/ha | 15,022 kg/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) — yield in Chile?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Chile was 15,002 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 16,434 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Chile rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Chile ranks 13th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 Green corn (maize) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.