Cassava, fresh — Yield in Peru
Peru: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 12,718 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Peru stood at 12,718 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Peru peaked at 14,724 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 9,341 kg/ha, in 1990.
Peru ranks 40th of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,724 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,499 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 13,644 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 9,944 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1965 | 10,950 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1966 | 12,187 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1967 | 12,156 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 10,731 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1969 | 11,941 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1970 | 12,863 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 13,366 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 12,400 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1973 | 12,409 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 12,465 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 11,259 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1976 | 11,226 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 11,333 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 11,402 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 11,487 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 11,347 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 11,034 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 11,396 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 11,172 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 11,150 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 10,534 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 10,851 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 11,136 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 10,876 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 10,832 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 9,341 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1991 | 11,017 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1992 | 10,485 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 10,396 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 10,599 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 10,570 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 10,767 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 10,855 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 10,919 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 10,926 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 10,928 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 10,753 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 10,734 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 10,871 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 11,072 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 10,839 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 11,129 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 11,185 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 11,336 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 11,648 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 11,765 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 11,833 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 12,102 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 12,102 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12,211 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 12,124 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 11,916 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 12,205 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 11,867 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 12,329 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 12,359 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 12,408 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 12,564 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 12,638 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 12,718 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 12,718 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Peru's 12,718 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,632 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | -27.1% | 13,644 kg/ha | 9,944 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,197 kg/ha | 9,944 kg/ha | 14,724 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,021 kg/ha | 11,226 kg/ha | 13,366 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,033 kg/ha | 10,534 kg/ha | 11,396 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,588 kg/ha | 9,341 kg/ha | 11,017 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,049 kg/ha | 10,734 kg/ha | 11,648 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,045 kg/ha | 11,765 kg/ha | 12,329 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,537 kg/ha | 12,359 kg/ha | 12,718 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Peru?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Peru was 12,718 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 14,724 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,341 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Peru rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Peru ranks 40th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.