Olives — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Olives — Area harvested was 19,906 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Olives — Area harvested in Chile, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for olives — area harvested in Chile is 19,906 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.0% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in Chile peaked at 22,210 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,800 ha, in 1998.
Chile ranks 22nd of 60 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.
Olives — Area harvested in Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3,400 ha | — |
| 1986 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,115 ha | -8.4% |
| 1991 | 4,383 ha | +40.7% |
| 1992 | 3,055 ha | -30.3% |
| 1993 | 4,472 ha | +46.4% |
| 1994 | 2,895 ha | -35.3% |
| 1995 | 2,916 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 3,035 ha | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 4,507 ha | +48.5% |
| 1998 | 2,800 ha | -37.9% |
| 1999 | 4,481 ha | +60.0% |
| 2000 | 5,051 ha | +12.7% |
| 2001 | 5,306 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 5,624 ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 5,850 ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 6,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 5,700 ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 8,000 ha | +37.9% |
| 2008 | 8,600 ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 12,000 ha | +39.5% |
| 2010 | 12,874 ha | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 15,091 ha | +17.2% |
| 2012 | 15,110 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 18,307 ha | +21.2% |
| 2014 | 19,737 ha | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 20,221 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 20,343 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 21,904 ha | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 22,210 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 21,951 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 22,152 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 21,364 ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 21,141 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 20,956 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 19,906 ha | -5.0% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 19,906 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5,842 ha, 3.4× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +60.0% | 2,800 ha | 4,481 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3,400 ha | 3,400 ha | 3,400 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 3,566 ha | 2,800 ha | 4,507 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,793 ha | 5,051 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,775 ha | 12,874 ha | 22,210 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,104 ha | 19,906 ha | 22,152 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 olives — area harvested in Chile?
- Olives — area harvested in Chile was 19,906 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 22,210 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,800 ha in 1998.
- How does Chile rank for olives — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 22nd out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. 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 Olives — 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.