Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 8,999 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — area harvested in Chile is 8,999 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 70.2% on the previous year and down 50.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Chile peaked at 63,800 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 5,286 ha, in 2023.
That places Chile 93rd out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,763 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,341 ha | +71.9% |
| 1963 | 17,012 ha | +27.5% |
| 1964 | 18,768 ha | +10.3% |
| 1965 | 17,957 ha | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 21,044 ha | +17.2% |
| 1967 | 28,661 ha | +36.2% |
| 1968 | 30,170 ha | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 27,290 ha | -9.5% |
| 1970 | 41,700 ha | +52.8% |
| 1971 | 35,140 ha | -15.7% |
| 1972 | 31,440 ha | -10.5% |
| 1973 | 23,030 ha | -26.7% |
| 1974 | 27,420 ha | +19.1% |
| 1975 | 42,460 ha | +54.9% |
| 1976 | 63,800 ha | +50.3% |
| 1977 | 56,230 ha | -11.9% |
| 1978 | 21,510 ha | -61.7% |
| 1979 | 14,874 ha | -30.9% |
| 1980 | 11,060 ha | -25.6% |
| 1981 | 36,750 ha | +232.3% |
| 1982 | 21,950 ha | -40.3% |
| 1983 | 35,610 ha | +62.2% |
| 1984 | 47,830 ha | +34.3% |
| 1985 | 44,120 ha | -7.8% |
| 1986 | 51,280 ha | +16.2% |
| 1987 | 53,680 ha | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 48,620 ha | -9.4% |
| 1989 | 51,600 ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 43,300 ha | -16.1% |
| 1991 | 38,760 ha | -10.5% |
| 1992 | 51,920 ha | +34.0% |
| 1993 | 52,457 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 52,942 ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 53,280 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 50,057 ha | -6.0% |
| 1997 | 42,287 ha | -15.5% |
| 1998 | 52,039 ha | +23.1% |
| 1999 | 50,053 ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 48,767 ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 46,606 ha | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 47,413 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 27,077 ha | -42.9% |
| 2004 | 29,430 ha | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 31,410 ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 27,670 ha | -11.9% |
| 2007 | 20,915 ha | -24.4% |
| 2008 | 14,850 ha | -29.0% |
| 2009 | 12,869 ha | -13.3% |
| 2010 | 16,264 ha | +26.4% |
| 2011 | 20,236 ha | +24.4% |
| 2012 | 19,495 ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 18,039 ha | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 18,335 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 21,803 ha | +18.9% |
| 2016 | 17,112 ha | -21.5% |
| 2017 | 16,383 ha | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 21,672 ha | +32.3% |
| 2019 | 12,919 ha | -40.4% |
| 2020 | 11,853 ha | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 7,197 ha | -39.3% |
| 2022 | 6,356 ha | -11.7% |
| 2023 | 5,286 ha | -16.8% |
| 2024 | 8,999 ha | +70.2% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 8,999 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,999 ha, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Chile's 8,999 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26,844 ha, 34% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Chile changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +232.3% | 11,060 ha | 36,750 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,223 ha | 7,763 ha | 30,170 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,760 ha | 14,874 ha | 63,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,250 ha | 11,060 ha | 53,680 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,710 ha | 38,760 ha | 53,280 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,701 ha | 12,869 ha | 48,767 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,226 ha | 12,919 ha | 21,803 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,938 ha | 5,286 ha | 11,853 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 sugar crops primary — area harvested in Chile?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Chile was 8,999 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 63,800 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,286 ha in 2023.
- How does Chile rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 93rd out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.9%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.