Peru vs Syria: Yields of important staple crops
Peru
1.78 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Syria
1.9 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Peru rank
93rd
Syria rank
91st
Yields of important staple crops over time
- Peru
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 1.9 tonnes per hectare against 1.78 tonnes per hectare in Peru, a difference of 0.12 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Peru ahead.
Peru ranks 93rd and Syria ranks 91st of 126 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 2 and Syria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9518 tonnes per hectare | 0.7708 tonnes per hectare | 0.181 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 1970s | 0.9486 tonnes per hectare | 0.8753 tonnes per hectare | 0.0733 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 1980s | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | 0.2607 tonnes per hectare | Syria |
| 1990s | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 2.13 tonnes per hectare | 0.9217 tonnes per hectare | Syria |
| 2000s | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | 2.44 tonnes per hectare | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | Syria |
| 2010s | 1.52 tonnes per hectare | 1.94 tonnes per hectare | 0.4203 tonnes per hectare | Syria |
| 2020s | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | 1.78 tonnes per hectare | 0.0483 tonnes per hectare | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yields of important staple crops, Peru or Syria?
- Syria, at 1.9 tonnes per hectare against 1.78 tonnes per hectare in Peru as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yields of important staple crops between Peru and Syria?
- 0.12 tonnes per hectare, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Syria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Peru and Syria rank globally for yields of important staple crops?
- Peru ranks 93rd and Syria ranks 91st of 126 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Harvested production per unit of harvested area for wheat.