Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Chile
Chile: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 1.26 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Chile recorded 1.26 million t for roots and tubers, total — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 46.9% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Chile peaked at 1.69 million t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 546,920 t, in 1976.
That places Chile 68th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Chile, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 849,900 t | — |
| 1962 | 773,260 t | -9.0% |
| 1963 | 856,620 t | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 818,410 t | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 713,266 t | -12.8% |
| 1966 | 814,999 t | +14.3% |
| 1967 | 728,550 t | -10.6% |
| 1968 | 739,156 t | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 616,500 t | -16.6% |
| 1970 | 697,800 t | +13.2% |
| 1971 | 849,800 t | +21.8% |
| 1972 | 743,051 t | -12.6% |
| 1973 | 632,083 t | -14.9% |
| 1974 | 1.02 million t | +61.5% |
| 1975 | 745,930 t | -26.9% |
| 1976 | 546,920 t | -26.7% |
| 1977 | 936,390 t | +71.2% |
| 1978 | 987,740 t | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 777,490 t | -21.3% |
| 1980 | 910,130 t | +17.1% |
| 1981 | 1.01 million t | +11.4% |
| 1982 | 848,550 t | -16.3% |
| 1983 | 690,620 t | -18.6% |
| 1984 | 1.04 million t | +51.0% |
| 1985 | 915,645 t | -12.2% |
| 1986 | 798,122 t | -12.8% |
| 1987 | 733,934 t | -8.0% |
| 1988 | 935,117 t | +27.4% |
| 1989 | 888,562 t | -5.0% |
| 1990 | 835,333 t | -6.0% |
| 1991 | 850,762 t | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 1.03 million t | +21.1% |
| 1993 | 933,083 t | -9.4% |
| 1994 | 906,778 t | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 876,774 t | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 835,015 t | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 1.12 million t | +34.4% |
| 1998 | 799,457 t | -28.7% |
| 1999 | 1.00 million t | +25.3% |
| 2000 | 995,720 t | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.22 million t | +22.3% |
| 2002 | 1.31 million t | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 1.10 million t | -15.9% |
| 2004 | 1.15 million t | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 1.12 million t | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 1.40 million t | +24.5% |
| 2007 | 843,723 t | -39.8% |
| 2008 | 976,054 t | +15.7% |
| 2009 | 935,858 t | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 1.09 million t | +16.8% |
| 2011 | 1.69 million t | +54.5% |
| 2012 | 1.11 million t | -34.4% |
| 2013 | 1.17 million t | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 1.08 million t | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 976,082 t | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 1.18 million t | +21.0% |
| 2017 | 1.44 million t | +22.1% |
| 2018 | 1.20 million t | -16.9% |
| 2019 | 1.18 million t | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 1.30 million t | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 1.01 million t | -22.5% |
| 2022 | 1.04 million t | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 858,760 t | -17.4% |
| 2024 | 1.26 million t | +46.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 767,851 t | 616,500 t | 856,620 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 793,779 t | 546,920 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 877,809 t | 690,620 t | 1.04 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 919,131 t | 799,457 t | 1.12 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.11 million t | 843,723 t | 1.40 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.21 million t | 976,082 t | 1.69 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 million t | 858,760 t | 1.30 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 65 Central African Republic 1.49 million t compare
- 66 Italy 1.41 million t compare
- 67 Tajikistan 1.26 million t compare
- 69 Kyrgyzstan 1.19 million t compare
- 70 Cuba 1.19 million t compare
- 71 Zimbabwe 1.15 million t compare
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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Chile?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Chile was 1.26 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 1.69 million t in 2011.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 546,920 t in 1976.
- How does Chile rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Chile ranks 68th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Production. 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.