Peru vs World: Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita

Peru
0.0099 ha per person
in 2024
World
0.0021 ha per person
in 2024
Peru rank
4th
World rank
1st

Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita over time

  • Peru
  • World
00.0050.010.0150.020.025196119922024

How they compare

Peru currently reports 0.0099 ha per person against 0.0021 ha per person in World, a difference of 0.0078 ha per person.

That makes Peru's figure about 4.7 times World's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Peru has been ahead every year.

Peru ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 137 countries.

Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Peru World Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0216 ha per person 0.0065 ha per person 0.0151 ha per person Peru
1970s 0.0176 ha per person 0.0049 ha per person 0.0126 ha per person Peru
1980s 0.0105 ha per person 0.0038 ha per person 0.0066 ha per person Peru
1990s 0.0086 ha per person 0.0033 ha per person 0.0053 ha per person Peru
2000s 0.0095 ha per person 0.0029 ha per person 0.0066 ha per person Peru
2010s 0.0103 ha per person 0.0024 ha per person 0.0079 ha per person Peru
2020s 0.0099 ha per person 0.0021 ha per person 0.0078 ha per person Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, per capita, Peru or World?
Peru, at 0.0099 ha per person against 0.0021 ha per person in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested, per capita between Peru and World?
0.0078 ha per person, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Peru and World rank globally for potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
Peru ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 137 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
138 places, 7,680 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.