Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 22,855 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Chile is 22,855 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and down 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Chile peaked at 206,890 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 21,962 ha, in 2022.
Chile ranks 96th of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 126,910 ha | — |
| 1962 | 117,750 ha | -7.2% |
| 1963 | 113,520 ha | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 102,180 ha | -10.0% |
| 1965 | 98,151 ha | -3.9% |
| 1966 | 94,719 ha | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 93,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 93,860 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 76,244 ha | -18.8% |
| 1970 | 96,540 ha | +26.6% |
| 1971 | 114,150 ha | +18.2% |
| 1972 | 131,140 ha | +14.9% |
| 1973 | 110,810 ha | -15.5% |
| 1974 | 122,570 ha | +10.6% |
| 1975 | 105,014 ha | -14.3% |
| 1976 | 119,675 ha | +14.0% |
| 1977 | 152,120 ha | +27.1% |
| 1978 | 174,040 ha | +14.4% |
| 1979 | 195,820 ha | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 206,420 ha | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 206,890 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 187,620 ha | -9.3% |
| 1983 | 132,990 ha | -29.1% |
| 1984 | 136,790 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 148,900 ha | +8.9% |
| 1986 | 155,250 ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 159,990 ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 135,500 ha | -15.3% |
| 1989 | 101,040 ha | -25.4% |
| 1990 | 107,570 ha | +6.5% |
| 1991 | 129,650 ha | +20.5% |
| 1992 | 116,630 ha | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 89,340 ha | -23.4% |
| 1994 | 87,460 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 95,097 ha | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 91,839 ha | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 67,741 ha | -26.2% |
| 1998 | 70,774 ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 55,031 ha | -22.2% |
| 2000 | 61,310 ha | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 59,857 ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 49,252 ha | -17.7% |
| 2003 | 47,637 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 51,689 ha | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 54,506 ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 60,807 ha | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 37,423 ha | -38.5% |
| 2008 | 32,497 ha | -13.2% |
| 2009 | 32,586 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 48,987 ha | +50.3% |
| 2011 | 40,474 ha | -17.4% |
| 2012 | 32,081 ha | -20.7% |
| 2013 | 35,834 ha | +11.7% |
| 2014 | 28,771 ha | -19.7% |
| 2015 | 26,526 ha | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 27,043 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 33,940 ha | +25.5% |
| 2018 | 38,786 ha | +14.3% |
| 2019 | 35,161 ha | -9.3% |
| 2020 | 22,270 ha | -36.7% |
| 2021 | 32,169 ha | +44.4% |
| 2022 | 21,962 ha | -31.7% |
| 2023 | 24,220 ha | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 22,855 ha | -5.6% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 22,855 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,874 ha, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Chile's 22,855 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,808 ha, 1.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101,815 ha | 76,244 ha | 126,910 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 132,188 ha | 96,540 ha | 195,820 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 157,139 ha | 101,040 ha | 206,890 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,113 ha | 55,031 ha | 129,650 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,756 ha | 32,497 ha | 61,310 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,760 ha | 26,526 ha | 48,987 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,695 ha | 21,962 ha | 32,169 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Chile?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Chile was 22,855 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 206,890 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,962 ha in 2022.
- How does Chile rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 96th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.6%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.