Wheat — Area harvested in Chile
Chile: Wheat — Area harvested was 198,067 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Chile, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Chile is 198,067 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.6% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Chile peaked at 779,966 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 187,878 ha, in 2022.
Chile ranks 58th of 124 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.
Wheat — Area harvested in Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 769,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 768,800 ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 751,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 748,200 ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 727,078 ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 779,966 ha | +7.3% |
| 1967 | 718,500 ha | -7.9% |
| 1968 | 700,160 ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 743,045 ha | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 740,290 ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 727,410 ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 711,820 ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 533,790 ha | -25.0% |
| 1974 | 571,010 ha | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 686,190 ha | +20.2% |
| 1976 | 697,570 ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 628,010 ha | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 579,590 ha | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 560,470 ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 545,740 ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 432,160 ha | -20.8% |
| 1982 | 373,690 ha | -13.5% |
| 1983 | 359,180 ha | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 471,320 ha | +31.2% |
| 1985 | 506,190 ha | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 569,170 ha | +12.4% |
| 1987 | 676,560 ha | +18.9% |
| 1988 | 576,630 ha | -14.8% |
| 1989 | 540,290 ha | -6.3% |
| 1990 | 582,820 ha | +7.9% |
| 1991 | 466,480 ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 460,700 ha | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 395,110 ha | -14.2% |
| 1994 | 361,580 ha | -8.5% |
| 1995 | 389,820 ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 368,751 ha | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 417,406 ha | +13.2% |
| 1998 | 383,622 ha | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 338,583 ha | -11.7% |
| 2000 | 391,580 ha | +15.7% |
| 2001 | 414,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 426,100 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 415,700 ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 420,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 419,660 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 314,720 ha | -25.0% |
| 2007 | 228,979 ha | -27.2% |
| 2008 | 270,546 ha | +18.2% |
| 2009 | 280,644 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 264,304 ha | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 271,415 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 245,231 ha | -9.6% |
| 2013 | 253,627 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 254,857 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 263,164 ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 285,297 ha | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 225,042 ha | -21.1% |
| 2018 | 236,415 ha | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 222,705 ha | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 205,036 ha | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 226,275 ha | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 187,878 ha | -17.0% |
| 2023 | 216,733 ha | +15.4% |
| 2024 | 198,067 ha | -8.6% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 198,067 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 92% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Chile's 198,067 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 198,067 ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 745,105 ha | 700,160 ha | 779,966 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 643,615 ha | 533,790 ha | 740,290 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 505,093 ha | 359,180 ha | 676,560 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 416,487 ha | 338,583 ha | 582,820 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 358,233 ha | 228,979 ha | 426,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 252,206 ha | 222,705 ha | 285,297 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 206,798 ha | 187,878 ha | 226,275 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 55 Kyrgyzstan 240,182 ha compare
- 56 Japan 231,800 ha compare
- 57 Finland 214,750 ha compare
- 59 Belgium-Luxembourg 188,800 ha compare
- 60 Sudan (former) 182,700 ha compare
- 61 Estonia 173,320 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 wheat — area harvested in Chile?
- Wheat — area harvested in Chile was 198,067 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 779,966 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 187,878 ha in 2022.
- How does Chile rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 58th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. 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 Wheat — 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.