Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 1,796 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — area harvested in Chile is 1,796 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 51.7% on the previous year and down 53.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Chile peaked at 42,200 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 1,274 ha, in 2002.
That places Chile 60th out of 84 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.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,100 ha | -2.9% |
| 1963 | 32,000 ha | +6.3% |
| 1964 | 42,200 ha | +31.9% |
| 1965 | 31,945 ha | -24.3% |
| 1966 | 42,107 ha | +31.8% |
| 1967 | 22,400 ha | -46.8% |
| 1968 | 28,970 ha | +29.3% |
| 1969 | 24,630 ha | -15.0% |
| 1970 | 20,240 ha | -17.8% |
| 1971 | 15,270 ha | -24.6% |
| 1972 | 14,770 ha | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 11,900 ha | -19.4% |
| 1974 | 8,420 ha | -29.2% |
| 1975 | 13,310 ha | +58.1% |
| 1976 | 21,530 ha | +61.8% |
| 1977 | 10,330 ha | -52.0% |
| 1978 | 20,880 ha | +102.1% |
| 1979 | 21,660 ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 32,410 ha | +49.6% |
| 1981 | 5,120 ha | -84.2% |
| 1982 | 3,420 ha | -33.2% |
| 1983 | 2,900 ha | -15.2% |
| 1984 | 4,920 ha | +69.7% |
| 1985 | 19,970 ha | +305.9% |
| 1986 | 30,070 ha | +50.6% |
| 1987 | 18,830 ha | -37.4% |
| 1988 | 23,250 ha | +23.5% |
| 1989 | 15,000 ha | -35.5% |
| 1990 | 11,820 ha | -21.2% |
| 1991 | 13,540 ha | +14.6% |
| 1992 | 11,840 ha | -12.6% |
| 1993 | 6,510 ha | -45.0% |
| 1994 | 6,800 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 5,560 ha | -18.2% |
| 1996 | 3,907 ha | -29.7% |
| 1997 | 2,309 ha | -40.9% |
| 1998 | 2,440 ha | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 2,929 ha | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 6,359 ha | +117.1% |
| 2001 | 1,800 ha | -71.7% |
| 2002 | 1,274 ha | -29.2% |
| 2003 | 2,369 ha | +85.9% |
| 2004 | 2,200 ha | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 1,780 ha | -19.1% |
| 2006 | 2,660 ha | +49.4% |
| 2007 | 2,980 ha | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 3,610 ha | +21.1% |
| 2009 | 4,355 ha | +20.6% |
| 2010 | 3,053 ha | -29.9% |
| 2011 | 2,652 ha | -13.1% |
| 2012 | 3,939 ha | +48.5% |
| 2013 | 5,219 ha | +32.5% |
| 2014 | 3,846 ha | -26.3% |
| 2015 | 3,169 ha | -17.6% |
| 2016 | 2,128 ha | -32.8% |
| 2017 | 6,817 ha | +220.3% |
| 2018 | 6,444 ha | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 3,228 ha | -49.9% |
| 2020 | 3,609 ha | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 2,289 ha | -36.6% |
| 2022 | 2,671 ha | +16.7% |
| 2023 | 3,722 ha | +39.3% |
| 2024 | 1,796 ha | -51.7% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 1,796 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 17,035 ha, 11% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Chile's 1,796 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,910 ha, 37% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +305.9% | 4,920 ha | 19,970 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,706 ha | 22,400 ha | 42,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,831 ha | 8,420 ha | 21,660 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,589 ha | 2,900 ha | 32,410 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,766 ha | 2,309 ha | 13,540 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,939 ha | 1,274 ha | 6,359 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,050 ha | 2,128 ha | 6,817 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,817 ha | 1,796 ha | 3,722 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 57 Portugal 3,340 ha compare
- 58 Kyrgyzstan 3,179 ha compare
- 59 Belarus 3,000 ha compare
- 61 Georgia 1,600 ha compare
- 62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,424 ha compare
- 63 Afghanistan 1,117 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 sunflower seed — area harvested in Chile?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Chile was 1,796 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 42,200 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,274 ha in 2002.
- How does Chile rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 60th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.3%. 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 Sunflower seed — Area harvested. 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.