Rice — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Rice — Area harvested was 17,370 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Chile stood at 17,370 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Chile peaked at 47,070 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 13,770 ha, in 1974.
Chile ranks 73rd of 133 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.
Rice — Area harvested in Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38,490 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,690 ha | -28.1% |
| 1963 | 30,850 ha | +11.4% |
| 1964 | 30,553 ha | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 27,463 ha | -10.1% |
| 1966 | 36,884 ha | +34.3% |
| 1967 | 33,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 1968 | 32,480 ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 16,190 ha | -50.2% |
| 1970 | 25,220 ha | +55.8% |
| 1971 | 27,260 ha | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 25,700 ha | -5.7% |
| 1973 | 18,540 ha | -27.9% |
| 1974 | 13,770 ha | -25.7% |
| 1975 | 22,880 ha | +66.2% |
| 1976 | 28,590 ha | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 35,460 ha | +24.0% |
| 1978 | 32,640 ha | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 47,070 ha | +44.2% |
| 1980 | 40,840 ha | -13.2% |
| 1981 | 31,400 ha | -23.1% |
| 1982 | 36,960 ha | +17.7% |
| 1983 | 30,430 ha | -17.7% |
| 1984 | 39,880 ha | +31.1% |
| 1985 | 38,520 ha | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 32,020 ha | -16.9% |
| 1987 | 37,270 ha | +16.4% |
| 1988 | 38,900 ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 42,990 ha | +10.5% |
| 1990 | 32,590 ha | -24.2% |
| 1991 | 29,750 ha | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 31,760 ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 29,080 ha | -8.4% |
| 1994 | 30,360 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 33,930 ha | +11.8% |
| 1996 | 32,030 ha | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 24,095 ha | -24.8% |
| 1998 | 26,702 ha | +10.8% |
| 1999 | 14,696 ha | -45.0% |
| 2000 | 25,768 ha | +75.3% |
| 2001 | 28,550 ha | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 27,980 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 28,230 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 24,900 ha | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 25,030 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 27,980 ha | +11.8% |
| 2007 | 21,765 ha | -22.2% |
| 2008 | 20,960 ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 23,680 ha | +13.0% |
| 2010 | 24,527 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 25,121 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 23,991 ha | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 21,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2014 | 22,398 ha | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 23,714 ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 26,540 ha | +11.9% |
| 2017 | 20,937 ha | -21.1% |
| 2018 | 29,522 ha | +41.0% |
| 2019 | 26,242 ha | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 26,394 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 22,965 ha | -13.0% |
| 2022 | 20,712 ha | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 17,945 ha | -13.4% |
| 2024 | 17,370 ha | -3.2% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 17,370 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419 ha, 41.5× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Chile's 17,370 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50,796 ha, 34% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,400 ha | 16,190 ha | 38,490 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,713 ha | 13,770 ha | 47,070 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,921 ha | 30,430 ha | 42,990 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,499 ha | 14,696 ha | 33,930 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,484 ha | 20,960 ha | 28,550 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,399 ha | 20,937 ha | 29,522 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,077 ha | 17,370 ha | 26,394 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 rice — area harvested in Chile?
- Rice — area harvested in Chile was 17,370 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 47,070 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,770 ha in 1974.
- How does Chile rank for rice — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 73rd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. 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 Rice — 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.