Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Chile

Arable land in Chile in 2023 — 1,406,900 ha. Ranked 93 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 61.3%.

2023 1.41M ha +8.48% vs 2022
World rank 93of 206
Period maximum 4.2M ha1976
Period minimum 1.26M ha2007

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Chile, 1961–202302M4M6M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 3,640,000 ha1963: 3,680,000 ha1965: 3,720,000 ha1967: 3,760,000 ha1969: 3,800,000 ha1971: 3,952,000 ha1973: 4,102,000 ha1975: 4,152,000 ha1977: 4,095,000 ha1979: 3,889,000 ha1981: 3,733,000 ha1983: 3,528,000 ha1985: 3,444,000 ha1987: 3,076,000 ha1989: 3,070,000 ha1991: 2,685,000 ha1993: 2,304,000 ha1995: 2,120,000 ha1997: 1,982,000 ha1999: 1,800,000 ha2001: 1,750,000 ha2003: 1,500,000 ha2005: 1,450,000 ha2007: 1,262,000 ha2009: 1,367,843 ha2011: 1,415,686 ha2013: 1,448,529 ha2015: 1,493,371 ha2017: 1,503,214 ha2019: 1,399,226 ha2021: 1,499,105 ha2023: 1,406,900 ha
Change over the period: −2.23M (−61.35%) Average annual rate: -1.52 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Chile

Chile 1.41M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Latin America & Caribbean computed 151M ha
South America computed 120M ha
High-income countries computed 458M ha
Arable land — Chile, by year Chile All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 1.41M +110,000 +8.48%
2022 1.3M −202,205 −13.49%
2021 1.5M +124,200 +9.03%
2020 1.37M −24,321 −1.74%
2019 1.4M −55,710 −3.83%
2018 1.45M −48,279 −3.21%
2017 1.5M +32,621 +2.22%
2016 1.47M −22,779 −1.53%
2015 1.49M +44,221 +3.05%
2014 1.45M +621 +0.04%
2013 1.45M +46,422 +3.31%
2012 1.4M −13,579 −0.96%
2011 1.42M +66,421 +4.92%
2010 1.35M −18,579 −1.36%
2009 1.37M +52,922 +4.02%
2008 1.31M +52,921 +4.19%
2007 1.26M −88,000 −6.52%
2006 1.35M −100,000 −6.9%
2005 1.45M −50,000 −3.33%
2004 1.5M +0 +0%
2003 1.5M −150,000 −9.09%
2002 1.65M −100,000 −5.71%
2001 1.75M +0 +0%
2000 1.75M −50,000 −2.78%
1999 1.8M −179,000 −9.04%
1998 1.98M −3,000 −0.15%
1997 1.98M −3,000 −0.15%
1996 1.99M −135,000 −6.37%
1995 2.12M −156,000 −6.85%
1994 2.28M −28,000 −1.22%
1993 2.3M −136,000 −5.57%
1992 2.44M −245,000 −9.12%
1991 2.69M −117,000 −4.18%
1990 2.8M −268,000 −8.73%
1989 3.07M +11,000 +0.36%
1988 3.06M −17,000 −0.55%
1987 3.08M −278,000 −8.29%
1986 3.35M −90,000 −2.61%
1985 3.44M −31,000 −0.89%
1984 3.48M −53,000 −1.5%
1983 3.53M −52,000 −1.45%
1982 3.58M −153,000 −4.1%
1981 3.73M −103,000 −2.69%
1980 3.84M −53,000 −1.36%
1979 3.89M −103,000 −2.58%
1978 3.99M −103,000 −2.52%
1977 4.1M −103,000 −2.45%
1976 4.2M +46,000 +1.11%
1975 4.15M +0 +0%
1974 4.15M +50,000 +1.22%
1973 4.1M +100,000 +2.5%
1972 4M +50,000 +1.27%
1971 3.95M +50,000 +1.28%
1970 3.9M +102,000 +2.68%
1969 3.8M +20,000 +0.53%
1968 3.78M +20,000 +0.53%
1967 3.76M +20,000 +0.53%
1966 3.74M +20,000 +0.54%
1965 3.72M +20,000 +0.54%
1964 3.7M +20,000 +0.54%
1963 3.68M +20,000 +0.55%
1962 3.66M +20,000 +0.55%
1961 3.64M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.