22 papers were reviewed to evaluate the productivity of chestnut stands. The data set included 53 experimental plots, generally in favourable site conditions, aged from approx. 10 to 65 years and located in eight European countries under different climate conditions. Management type, silvicultural treatment, age, top height, number of shoots or trees, basal area per hectare, annual precipitation, and latitude were the main parameters included. The first step of data processing analysed the top height - stand age relationship to discriminate different site index classes. In a second step the relationship between the two other parameters (basal area and number of shoots/trees per hectare) was related to stand age with regard to the defined site index classes and the silvicultural treatment. Even if based on a limited set of data, the applied approach allowed us to statistically discriminate two different site classes and to underline the suitability of parameters, such as top height and basal area, for use as basic indicators of the productivity of chestnut stands.