Molasses — Production in Chile
Chile: Molasses — Production was 21,251 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Molasses — Production in Chile, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Chile recorded 21,251 t for molasses — production in 2023.
The figure is down 10.1% on the previous year and down 69.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, molasses — production in Chile peaked at 118,000 t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 9,000 t, in 1961.
Chile ranks 86th of 139 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Molasses — Production in Chile, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 14,000 t | +55.6% |
| 1963 | 21,000 t | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 19,000 t | -9.5% |
| 1965 | 23,000 t | +21.1% |
| 1966 | 22,000 t | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 35,000 t | +59.1% |
| 1968 | 40,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 39,000 t | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 59,000 t | +51.3% |
| 1971 | 41,000 t | -30.5% |
| 1972 | 48,000 t | +17.1% |
| 1973 | 34,000 t | -29.2% |
| 1974 | 36,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 49,200 t | +36.7% |
| 1976 | 65,200 t | +32.5% |
| 1977 | 74,000 t | +13.5% |
| 1978 | 28,000 t | -62.2% |
| 1979 | 19,000 t | -32.1% |
| 1980 | 24,000 t | +26.3% |
| 1981 | 51,000 t | +112.5% |
| 1982 | 27,000 t | -47.1% |
| 1983 | 46,400 t | +71.9% |
| 1984 | 77,000 t | +65.9% |
| 1985 | 69,370 t | -9.9% |
| 1986 | 99,000 t | +42.7% |
| 1987 | 79,485 t | -19.7% |
| 1988 | 102,000 t | +28.3% |
| 1989 | 108,982 t | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 92,740 t | -14.9% |
| 1991 | 77,795 t | -16.1% |
| 1992 | 104,543 t | +34.4% |
| 1993 | 98,722 t | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 105,000 t | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 116,000 t | +10.5% |
| 1996 | 117,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 92,000 t | -21.4% |
| 1998 | 99,000 t | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 118,000 t | +19.2% |
| 2000 | 109,000 t | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 99,000 t | -9.2% |
| 2002 | 110,000 t | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 87,000 t | -20.9% |
| 2004 | 90,000 t | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 92,000 t | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 74,000 t | -19.6% |
| 2007 | 68,000 t | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 52,000 t | -23.5% |
| 2009 | 74,000 t | +42.3% |
| 2010 | 75,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 75,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 79,000 t | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 70,000 t | -11.4% |
| 2014 | 70,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 65,000 t | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 55,000 t | -15.4% |
| 2017 | 60,000 t | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 60,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 45,000 t | -25.0% |
| 2020 | 45,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 34,254 t | -23.9% |
| 2022 | 23,635 t | -31.0% |
| 2023 | 21,251 t | -10.1% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 21,251 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 31,842 t, 67% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Chile's 21,251 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 49,689 t, 43% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,667 t | 9,000 t | 40,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,340 t | 19,000 t | 74,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 68,424 t | 24,000 t | 108,982 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 102,080 t | 77,795 t | 118,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 85,500 t | 52,000 t | 110,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,400 t | 45,000 t | 79,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,035 t | 21,251 t | 45,000 t | 4 |
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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 molasses — production in Chile?
- Molasses — production in Chile was 21,251 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest molasses — production recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 118,000 t in 1999.
- What is the lowest molasses — production recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,000 t in 1961.
- How does Chile rank for molasses — production?
- Chile ranks 86th out of 139 countries with data for 2023.
- Is molasses — production rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.6%. 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 Molasses — 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.