Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Chile
Chile: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 33,633 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Chile is 33,633 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.2% on the previous year and up 57.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Chile peaked at 33,633 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,755 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Chile 20th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Chile, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,773 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,386 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1963 | 9,555 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1964 | 9,558 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,755 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1966 | 10,547 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 1967 | 9,328 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1968 | 9,116 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 7,984 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1970 | 9,605 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1971 | 10,489 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 9,265 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1973 | 9,338 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 10,826 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1975 | 10,284 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 7,876 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1977 | 10,756 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1978 | 10,757 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 9,490 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1980 | 10,140 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 11,156 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 10,822 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 10,132 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 12,664 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1985 | 14,336 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1986 | 14,876 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 12,503 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1988 | 14,855 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1989 | 13,954 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1990 | 14,911 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 14,064 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 16,214 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1993 | 14,443 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1994 | 15,203 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 15,044 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 13,749 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1997 | 16,276 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1998 | 13,903 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1999 | 16,283 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2000 | 16,316 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 18,957 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2002 | 20,978 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 19,283 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 18,975 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 19,784 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 21,733 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 15,055 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 2008 | 17,041 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2009 | 20,178 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2010 | 20,997 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 30,739 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 2012 | 25,855 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2013 | 23,054 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2014 | 21,392 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 18,807 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2016 | 21,539 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2017 | 25,993 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2018 | 28,092 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 27,245 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 28,597 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 26,739 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 27,361 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 28,218 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 33,633 kg/ha | +19.2% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 33,633 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 27,824 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Chile's 33,633 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,572 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,000 kg/ha | 7,755 kg/ha | 10,547 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,869 kg/ha | 7,876 kg/ha | 10,826 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,544 kg/ha | 10,132 kg/ha | 14,876 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,009 kg/ha | 13,749 kg/ha | 16,283 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,830 kg/ha | 15,055 kg/ha | 21,733 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,371 kg/ha | 18,807 kg/ha | 30,739 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,910 kg/ha | 26,739 kg/ha | 33,633 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,370 kg/ha compare
- 17 Palestine 36,427 kg/ha compare
- 18 Republic of Moldova 6,035 kg/ha compare
- 18 Switzerland 34,690 kg/ha compare
- 19 Algeria 33,944 kg/ha compare
- 19 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5,785 kg/ha compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 3,095 kg/ha compare
- 21 Israel 33,454 kg/ha compare
- 22 Cabo Verde 10,604 kg/ha compare
- 22 Saudi Arabia 33,172 kg/ha compare
- 23 Morocco 32,702 kg/ha 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)
- 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Chile?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Chile was 33,633 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 33,633 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,755 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Chile rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Chile ranks 20th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.2%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.