Peru vs Sri Lanka: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Peru
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Peru currently reports 1.22 million ha against 1.21 million ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 8,870 ha.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Peru ahead.
Peru ranks 71st and Sri Lanka ranks 72nd of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 769,968 ha | 565,914 ha | 204,055 ha | Peru |
| 1970s | 824,184 ha | 778,771 ha | 45,414 ha | Peru |
| 1980s | 830,358 ha | 843,090 ha | 12,732 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 837,896 ha | 836,661 ha | 1,234 ha | Peru |
| 2000s | 1.16 million ha | 907,354 ha | 254,614 ha | Peru |
| 2010s | 1.24 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 128,328 ha | Peru |
| 2020s | 1.20 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 15,860 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Peru or Sri Lanka?
- Peru, at 1.22 million ha against 1.21 million ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Peru and Sri Lanka?
- 8,870 ha, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Peru and Sri Lanka rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 71st and Sri Lanka ranks 72nd of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — 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.