Potatoes — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Potatoes — Area harvested was 36,074 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Chile recorded 36,074 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.5% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Chile peaked at 96,180 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 28,986 ha, in 2023.
Chile ranks 63rd of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84,657 ha | 76,215 ha | 96,180 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 78,841 ha | 66,690 ha | 93,270 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 70,247 ha | 52,650 ha | 89,920 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 60,012 ha | 55,140 ha | 67,779 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,458 ha | 45,078 ha | 63,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,567 ha | 41,268 ha | 54,082 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,421 ha | 28,986 ha | 44,145 ha | 5 |
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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 potatoes — area harvested in Chile?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Chile was 36,074 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 96,180 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,986 ha in 2023.
- How does Chile rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 63rd out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. 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 Potatoes — 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.