Peru vs South America: Asparagus — Area harvested
Asparagus — Area harvested over time
- Peru
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 33,516 ha against 28,500 ha in Peru, a difference of 5,016 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 1.2 times Peru's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Peru ranks 4th and South America ranks 7th of 50 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,030 ha | 1,627 ha | 596.89 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 674.2 ha | 1,546 ha | 872.1 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 3,739 ha | 6,080 ha | 2,341 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 16,200 ha | 22,562 ha | 6,362 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 21,739 ha | 28,014 ha | 6,275 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 32,360 ha | 38,015 ha | 5,655 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 31,223 ha | 36,492 ha | 5,269 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher asparagus — area harvested, Peru or South America?
- South America, at 33,516 ha against 28,500 ha in Peru as of 2024.
- What is the difference in asparagus — area harvested between Peru and South America?
- 5,016 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Peru and South America rank globally for asparagus — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 4th and South America ranks 7th of 50 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Asparagus — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.