Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Peru
Peru: Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield was 5,308 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Peru, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Peru is 5,308 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.4% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Peru peaked at 6,745 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 3,315 kg/ha, in 2019.
That places Peru 2nd out of 32 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5,300 kg/ha | — |
| 1990 | 5,294 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 4,700 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1992 | 4,700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4,643 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 4,308 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 4,749 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 5,306 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1997 | 4,812 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1998 | 3,706 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1999 | 5,015 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 2000 | 5,296 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 6,117 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2002 | 5,805 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 6,244 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 6,745 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 6,686 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 6,716 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 6,714 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 5,746 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2009 | 5,761 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 5,270 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2011 | 5,055 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 5,077 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 4,992 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 4,786 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 4,524 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 4,776 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 5,386 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2018 | 4,692 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2019 | 3,315 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 2020 | 6,028 kg/ha | +81.8% |
| 2021 | 6,209 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 5,912 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 4,372 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 2024 | 5,308 kg/ha | +21.4% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 5,308 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,118 kg/ha, 4.7× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Peru's 5,308 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 986.6 kg/ha, 5.4× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cashew nuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +81.8% | 3,315 kg/ha | 6,028 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5,300 kg/ha | 5,300 kg/ha | 5,300 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 4,723 kg/ha | 3,706 kg/ha | 5,306 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,183 kg/ha | 5,296 kg/ha | 6,745 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,787 kg/ha | 3,315 kg/ha | 5,386 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,566 kg/ha | 4,372 kg/ha | 6,209 kg/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 cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Peru?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Peru was 5,308 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 6,745 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,315 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Peru rank for cashew nuts, in shell — yield?
- Peru ranks 2nd out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.