Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 49,132 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Chile recorded 49,132 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 58.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Chile peaked at 142,826 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 49,132 ha, in 2024.
That places Chile 101st out of 182 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,103 ha | 58,440 ha | 92,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 95,667 ha | 73,860 ha | 130,410 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 114,994 ha | 86,680 ha | 138,370 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 100,153 ha | 73,284 ha | 107,330 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 112,382 ha | 69,275 ha | 134,641 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 113,297 ha | 80,428 ha | 142,826 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 57,222 ha | 49,132 ha | 67,211 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 98 Belgium 60,250 ha compare
- 99 Albania 57,612 ha compare
- 100 Syrian Arab Republic 56,314 ha compare
- 102 Dominican Republic 47,716 ha compare
- 103 Slovenia 41,860 ha compare
- 104 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 40,479 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Chile
- Agriculture share gdp 3.45 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.45 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 10.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.2% (2025)
- Rural population 2.15 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,031 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Chile?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Chile was 49,132 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 142,826 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,132 ha in 2024.
- How does Chile rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 101st out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.2%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.