Per capita consumption has risen from 2kg in 2000 to almost 9kg in 2025
Per capita avocado consumption in Chile reached a record 8.9kg in 2025, surpassing the 8.6kg recorded in the previous year. The Chilean Avocado Committee said the increase confirms a sustained upward trend in recent years and consolidates the country’s position as the world’s second-largest consumer of Hass avocados behind Mexico.
In 2000, the average Chilean consumed just 2kg of avocados a year, but demand has been growing steadily ever since. According to the trade association, in the last five years alone per capita consumption has increased by 74.5 per cent, rising from 5.1kg to the current 8.9kg, reflecting the growing importance of this fruit in the national diet.
The growth is partly attributed to the positive results of the 2024/25 season, in which more than 112,000 tones of avocados were allocated to the domestic market, equivalent to approximately 47 per cent of the total harvest. This makes avocados the crop with the largest proportion of production destined for local consumption. In addition, Chile imported more than 60,000 tones of the fruit last year, bringing total sales in Chile to around 178,000 tonnes.
Francisco Contardo, the committee’s executive president, commented: “When a country consumes almost 9kg per person per year, we are facing a mature and solid market”. He noted that domestic production rose last year despite acreage remaining stable in recent years due to favourable climatic conditions, adding that “the challenge now is to move forward responsibly, conserving resources and maintaining the quality standards of Chilean avocados”.
Projections for the 2025/26 season point to a crop of 255,000 tonnes, which would be an increase of around 6 per cent on the previous season.
