Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 112,068 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Peru recorded 112,068 ha for cassava, fresh — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.9% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Peru peaked at 119,078 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 24,760 ha, in 1961.
That places Peru 28th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,760 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,900 ha | +12.7% |
| 1963 | 29,310 ha | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 49,930 ha | +70.4% |
| 1965 | 41,030 ha | -17.8% |
| 1966 | 39,940 ha | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 41,695 ha | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 37,195 ha | -10.8% |
| 1969 | 37,675 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 38,740 ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 36,055 ha | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 35,970 ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 37,095 ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 37,620 ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 35,500 ha | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 35,853 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 36,528 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 35,956 ha | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 35,044 ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 41,551 ha | +18.6% |
| 1981 | 43,974 ha | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 42,090 ha | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 43,453 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 44,709 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 45,951 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 46,738 ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 48,227 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 43,891 ha | -9.0% |
| 1989 | 43,550 ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 40,794 ha | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 37,278 ha | -8.6% |
| 1992 | 36,851 ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 42,184 ha | +14.5% |
| 1994 | 48,354 ha | +14.6% |
| 1995 | 51,791 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 65,286 ha | +26.1% |
| 1997 | 68,605 ha | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 80,708 ha | +17.6% |
| 1999 | 80,267 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 80,754 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 79,705 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 82,929 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 83,651 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 87,704 ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 92,669 ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 102,431 ha | +10.5% |
| 2007 | 103,537 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 103,369 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 100,104 ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 105,408 ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 94,280 ha | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 92,425 ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 97,886 ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 97,942 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 101,453 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 99,109 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 98,032 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 104,468 ha | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 103,567 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 108,667 ha | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 108,111 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 112,778 ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 119,078 ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 112,068 ha | -5.9% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 112,068 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,817 ha, 16.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Peru's 112,068 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,628 ha, 68.8× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +70.4% | 29,310 ha | 49,930 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,604 ha | 24,760 ha | 49,930 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,436 ha | 35,044 ha | 38,740 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,413 ha | 41,551 ha | 48,227 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 55,212 ha | 36,851 ha | 80,708 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 91,685 ha | 79,705 ha | 103,537 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 99,457 ha | 92,425 ha | 105,408 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 112,140 ha | 108,111 ha | 119,078 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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Peru?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Peru was 112,068 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 119,078 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,760 ha in 1961.
- How does Peru rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 28th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.