Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 55,166 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Chile is 55,166 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.5% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Chile peaked at 110,044 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 7,630 ha, in 1983.
That places Chile 114th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 71,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 70,900 ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 82,950 ha | +17.0% |
| 1964 | 100,950 ha | +21.7% |
| 1965 | 98,488 ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 110,044 ha | +11.7% |
| 1967 | 73,720 ha | -33.0% |
| 1968 | 71,820 ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 78,420 ha | +9.2% |
| 1970 | 78,560 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 70,430 ha | -10.3% |
| 1972 | 76,290 ha | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 46,200 ha | -39.4% |
| 1974 | 36,970 ha | -20.0% |
| 1975 | 62,600 ha | +69.3% |
| 1976 | 85,590 ha | +36.7% |
| 1977 | 67,010 ha | -21.7% |
| 1978 | 58,240 ha | -13.1% |
| 1979 | 79,360 ha | +36.3% |
| 1980 | 85,970 ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 32,000 ha | -62.8% |
| 1982 | 16,740 ha | -47.7% |
| 1983 | 7,630 ha | -54.4% |
| 1984 | 11,150 ha | +46.1% |
| 1985 | 44,530 ha | +299.4% |
| 1986 | 92,450 ha | +107.6% |
| 1987 | 71,170 ha | -23.0% |
| 1988 | 88,940 ha | +25.0% |
| 1989 | 81,520 ha | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 48,911 ha | -40.0% |
| 1991 | 49,386 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 48,481 ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 22,560 ha | -53.5% |
| 1994 | 21,935 ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 20,800 ha | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 27,010 ha | +29.9% |
| 1997 | 20,250 ha | -25.0% |
| 1998 | 27,564 ha | +36.1% |
| 1999 | 41,560 ha | +50.8% |
| 2000 | 32,910 ha | -20.8% |
| 2001 | 32,162 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 10,408 ha | -67.6% |
| 2003 | 15,965 ha | +53.4% |
| 2004 | 15,596 ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 22,430 ha | +43.8% |
| 2006 | 24,618 ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 24,125 ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 32,317 ha | +34.0% |
| 2009 | 44,611 ha | +38.0% |
| 2010 | 30,275 ha | -32.1% |
| 2011 | 40,096 ha | +32.4% |
| 2012 | 56,499 ha | +40.9% |
| 2013 | 69,109 ha | +22.3% |
| 2014 | 65,786 ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 77,920 ha | +18.4% |
| 2016 | 80,656 ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 79,913 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 90,238 ha | +12.9% |
| 2019 | 78,375 ha | -13.1% |
| 2020 | 68,710 ha | -12.3% |
| 2021 | 65,400 ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 63,523 ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 62,348 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 55,166 ha | -11.5% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 55,166 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 52,034 ha, 1.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Chile's 55,166 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,920 ha, 1.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +299.4% | 11,150 ha | 44,530 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84,355 ha | 70,900 ha | 110,044 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 66,125 ha | 36,970 ha | 85,590 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,210 ha | 7,630 ha | 92,450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,846 ha | 20,250 ha | 49,386 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,514 ha | 10,408 ha | 44,611 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 66,887 ha | 30,275 ha | 90,238 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,029 ha | 55,166 ha | 68,710 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Chile
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.8626 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0938 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -3.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.4834 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Chile?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Chile was 55,166 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 110,044 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,630 ha in 1983.
- How does Chile rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 114th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.