Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 37,519 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Chile is 37,519 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 23.3% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Chile peaked at 96,880 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 30,433 ha, in 2023.
Chile ranks 89th of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 96,880 ha | — |
| 1962 | 92,210 ha | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 89,650 ha | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 85,630 ha | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 91,974 ha | +7.4% |
| 1966 | 77,270 ha | -16.0% |
| 1967 | 78,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 81,080 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 77,215 ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 72,650 ha | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 81,020 ha | +11.5% |
| 1972 | 80,200 ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 67,690 ha | -15.6% |
| 1974 | 94,270 ha | +39.3% |
| 1975 | 72,530 ha | -23.1% |
| 1976 | 69,440 ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 87,060 ha | +25.4% |
| 1978 | 91,820 ha | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 81,930 ha | -10.8% |
| 1980 | 89,760 ha | +9.6% |
| 1981 | 90,920 ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 78,410 ha | -13.8% |
| 1983 | 68,160 ha | -13.1% |
| 1984 | 82,370 ha | +20.8% |
| 1985 | 63,870 ha | -22.5% |
| 1986 | 53,650 ha | -16.0% |
| 1987 | 58,700 ha | +9.4% |
| 1988 | 62,950 ha | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 63,680 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 56,020 ha | -12.0% |
| 1991 | 60,490 ha | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 63,538 ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 64,606 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 59,643 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 58,280 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 60,734 ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 68,926 ha | +13.5% |
| 1998 | 57,503 ha | -16.6% |
| 1999 | 61,542 ha | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 61,028 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 64,253 ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 62,510 ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 57,160 ha | -8.6% |
| 2004 | 60,760 ha | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 56,850 ha | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 64,450 ha | +13.4% |
| 2007 | 56,043 ha | -13.0% |
| 2008 | 57,276 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 46,381 ha | -19.0% |
| 2010 | 52,076 ha | +12.3% |
| 2011 | 54,959 ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 42,834 ha | -22.1% |
| 2013 | 50,876 ha | +18.8% |
| 2014 | 50,283 ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 51,900 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 54,816 ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 55,460 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 42,669 ha | -23.1% |
| 2019 | 43,242 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 45,596 ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 37,775 ha | -17.2% |
| 2022 | 38,016 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 30,433 ha | -19.9% |
| 2024 | 37,519 ha | +23.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85,557 ha | 77,215 ha | 96,880 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 79,861 ha | 67,690 ha | 94,270 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 71,247 ha | 53,650 ha | 90,920 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 61,128 ha | 56,020 ha | 68,926 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,671 ha | 46,381 ha | 64,450 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,912 ha | 42,669 ha | 55,460 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,868 ha | 30,433 ha | 45,596 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Chile?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Chile was 37,519 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 96,880 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,433 ha in 2023.
- How does Chile rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 89th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.