Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 9,245 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Peru stood at 9,245 ha.
That represents a change of up 10.1% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Peru peaked at 9,368 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,410 ha, in 1969.
Peru ranks 26th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,155 ha | +26.8% |
| 1967 | 2,145 ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 1,780 ha | -17.0% |
| 1969 | 1,410 ha | -20.8% |
| 1970 | 1,585 ha | +12.4% |
| 1971 | 1,475 ha | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 1,510 ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 1,535 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 2,613 ha | +70.2% |
| 1975 | 2,636 ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 2,590 ha | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 2,748 ha | +6.1% |
| 1978 | 3,014 ha | +9.7% |
| 1979 | 3,110 ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 3,935 ha | +26.5% |
| 1981 | 4,088 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 4,152 ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 3,159 ha | -23.9% |
| 1984 | 3,767 ha | +19.2% |
| 1985 | 4,800 ha | +27.4% |
| 1986 | 5,773 ha | +20.3% |
| 1987 | 5,713 ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 5,720 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 5,001 ha | -12.6% |
| 1990 | 5,236 ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 4,963 ha | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 4,974 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 4,988 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 5,089 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 5,661 ha | +11.2% |
| 1996 | 7,767 ha | +37.2% |
| 1997 | 8,814 ha | +13.5% |
| 1998 | 8,176 ha | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 7,361 ha | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 8,033 ha | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 7,742 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 7,867 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 8,729 ha | +11.0% |
| 2004 | 8,492 ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 8,439 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 8,820 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 8,334 ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 8,489 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 7,949 ha | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 8,489 ha | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 8,151 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 8,789 ha | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 8,525 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 8,087 ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 7,533 ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 8,129 ha | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 8,089 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 7,794 ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 8,070 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 8,204 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 8,656 ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 9,368 ha | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 8,400 ha | -10.3% |
| 2024 | 9,245 ha | +10.1% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 9,245 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,825 ha, 3.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Peru's 9,245 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 798 ha, 11.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +70.2% | 1,535 ha | 2,613 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,777 ha | 1,410 ha | 2,155 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,282 ha | 1,475 ha | 3,110 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,611 ha | 3,159 ha | 5,773 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,303 ha | 4,963 ha | 8,814 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,289 ha | 7,742 ha | 8,820 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,166 ha | 7,533 ha | 8,789 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,775 ha | 8,204 ha | 9,368 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Peru?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Peru was 9,245 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 9,368 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,410 ha in 1969.
- How does Peru rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 26th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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 Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.