Barley — Yield in Peru
Peru: Barley — Yield was 2,047 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Peru stood at 2,047 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 8.8% on the previous year and up 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Peru peaked at 2,047 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 830.3 kg/ha, in 1983.
Peru ranks 73rd of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,093 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,036 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 1,022 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 1,020 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 1,016 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 865.3 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1967 | 931.5 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 840.8 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1969 | 900.7 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 912.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 868.9 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 901.7 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 901.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 891.1 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 913.1 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 919.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 861.4 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1978 | 854.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 861.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 890.3 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 969.3 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1982 | 960.1 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 830.3 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1984 | 946 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1985 | 1,060 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1986 | 1,130 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 996.9 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1988 | 1,040 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 1,045 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 953.9 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1991 | 1,032 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 841.6 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1993 | 1,112 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1994 | 1,154 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 1,143 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 1,190 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 1,064 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1998 | 1,133 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 1,190 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 1,193 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 1,155 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 1,284 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2003 | 1,282 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,238 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 1,281 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 1,278 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,241 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 1,266 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 1,361 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 1,404 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 1,359 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 1,419 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 1,457 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 1,500 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 1,558 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 1,586 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1,524 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 1,556 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 1,586 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 1,618 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 1,736 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 1,780 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 1,881 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 2,047 kg/ha | +8.8% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 2,047 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,457 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Peru's 2,047 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,789 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield in Peru changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +32.1% | 841.6 kg/ha | 1,112 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 969.39 kg/ha | 840.8 kg/ha | 1,093 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 888.5 kg/ha | 854.6 kg/ha | 919.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 986.76 kg/ha | 830.3 kg/ha | 1,130 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,081 kg/ha | 841.6 kg/ha | 1,190 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,258 kg/ha | 1,155 kg/ha | 1,361 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,495 kg/ha | 1,359 kg/ha | 1,586 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,812 kg/ha | 1,618 kg/ha | 2,047 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Peru?
- Barley — yield in Peru was 2,047 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 2,047 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 830.3 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Peru rank for barley — yield?
- Peru ranks 73rd out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.