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 59th of 153 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.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 96,180 ha | — |
| 1962 | 91,410 ha | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 88,850 ha | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 84,730 ha | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 91,074 ha | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 76,270 ha | -16.3% |
| 1967 | 77,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 80,080 ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 76,215 ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 71,650 ha | -6.0% |
| 1971 | 80,020 ha | +11.7% |
| 1972 | 79,200 ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 66,690 ha | -15.8% |
| 1974 | 93,270 ha | +39.9% |
| 1975 | 71,530 ha | -23.3% |
| 1976 | 68,440 ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 85,860 ha | +25.5% |
| 1978 | 90,820 ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 80,930 ha | -10.9% |
| 1980 | 88,760 ha | +9.7% |
| 1981 | 89,920 ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 77,410 ha | -13.9% |
| 1983 | 67,160 ha | -13.2% |
| 1984 | 81,370 ha | +21.2% |
| 1985 | 62,870 ha | -22.7% |
| 1986 | 52,650 ha | -16.3% |
| 1987 | 57,700 ha | +9.6% |
| 1988 | 61,950 ha | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 62,680 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 55,140 ha | -12.0% |
| 1991 | 59,330 ha | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 62,380 ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 63,450 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 58,490 ha | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 57,129 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 59,585 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 67,779 ha | +13.8% |
| 1998 | 56,376 ha | -16.8% |
| 1999 | 60,465 ha | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 59,957 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 63,110 ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 61,360 ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 56,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 59,560 ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 55,620 ha | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 63,200 ha | +13.6% |
| 2007 | 54,743 ha | -13.4% |
| 2008 | 55,957 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 45,078 ha | -19.4% |
| 2010 | 50,771 ha | +12.6% |
| 2011 | 53,653 ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 41,534 ha | -22.6% |
| 2013 | 49,576 ha | +19.4% |
| 2014 | 48,965 ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 50,526 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 53,485 ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 54,082 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 41,268 ha | -23.7% |
| 2019 | 41,811 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 44,145 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 36,329 ha | -17.7% |
| 2022 | 36,573 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 28,986 ha | -20.7% |
| 2024 | 36,074 ha | +24.5% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 36,074 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 3.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Chile's 36,074 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,144 ha, 11.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
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, 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 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 59th out of 153 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.