Maize (corn) — Production in Chile
Chile: Maize (corn) — Production was 530,937 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — production in Chile stood at 530,937 t.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 55.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Chile peaked at 1.54 million t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 153,792 t, in 1969.
Chile ranks 73rd of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Production in Chile, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 162,810 t | — |
| 1962 | 180,760 t | +11.0% |
| 1963 | 176,020 t | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 241,520 t | +37.2% |
| 1965 | 260,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 285,327 t | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 362,200 t | +26.9% |
| 1968 | 320,810 t | -11.4% |
| 1969 | 153,792 t | -52.1% |
| 1970 | 239,052 t | +55.4% |
| 1971 | 258,300 t | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 282,990 t | +9.6% |
| 1973 | 294,016 t | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 366,300 t | +24.6% |
| 1975 | 328,987 t | -10.2% |
| 1976 | 247,950 t | -24.6% |
| 1977 | 355,320 t | +43.3% |
| 1978 | 256,880 t | -27.7% |
| 1979 | 489,270 t | +90.5% |
| 1980 | 405,190 t | -17.2% |
| 1981 | 518,150 t | +27.9% |
| 1982 | 425,000 t | -18.0% |
| 1983 | 511,550 t | +20.4% |
| 1984 | 721,390 t | +41.0% |
| 1985 | 771,776 t | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 721,289 t | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 617,244 t | -14.4% |
| 1988 | 660,855 t | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 938,464 t | +42.0% |
| 1990 | 823,150 t | -12.3% |
| 1991 | 835,723 t | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 911,056 t | +9.0% |
| 1993 | 899,496 t | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 937,250 t | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 942,223 t | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 931,572 t | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 880,735 t | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 943,276 t | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 624,037 t | -33.8% |
| 2000 | 652,019 t | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 778,498 t | +19.4% |
| 2002 | 924,211 t | +18.7% |
| 2003 | 1.19 million t | +28.7% |
| 2004 | 1.32 million t | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 1.51 million t | +14.2% |
| 2006 | 1.38 million t | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 1.12 million t | -18.8% |
| 2008 | 1.37 million t | +21.6% |
| 2009 | 1.35 million t | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 1.36 million t | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.44 million t | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 1.49 million t | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 1.52 million t | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1.19 million t | -21.9% |
| 2015 | 1.54 million t | +29.7% |
| 2016 | 1.17 million t | -23.7% |
| 2017 | 1.06 million t | -9.5% |
| 2018 | 1.11 million t | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 973,178 t | -12.4% |
| 2020 | 592,988 t | -39.1% |
| 2021 | 793,822 t | +33.9% |
| 2022 | 608,006 t | -23.4% |
| 2023 | 543,126 t | -10.7% |
| 2024 | 530,937 t | -2.2% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 530,937 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 88,900 t, 6.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Chile's 530,937 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 104,890 t, 5.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 238,138 t | 153,792 t | 362,200 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 311,906 t | 239,052 t | 489,270 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 629,091 t | 405,190 t | 938,464 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 872,852 t | 624,037 t | 943,276 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.16 million t | 652,019 t | 1.51 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.29 million t | 973,178 t | 1.54 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 613,776 t | 530,937 t | 793,822 t | 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 maize (corn) — production in Chile?
- Maize (corn) — production in Chile was 530,937 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 1.54 million t in 2015.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 153,792 t in 1969.
- How does Chile rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Chile ranks 73rd out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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) — 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.