Cereals, primary — Yield in Peru
Peru: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,851 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Peru stood at 4,851 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Peru peaked at 4,851 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,399 kg/ha, in 1963.
Peru ranks 52nd of 178 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.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,488 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,516 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 1,399 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1964 | 1,539 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 1,551 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 1,575 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 1,669 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 1,522 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1969 | 1,629 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1970 | 1,751 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 1,750 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,698 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 1,712 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 1,743 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 1,842 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 1,925 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 1,953 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 1,796 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 1,883 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 1,818 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 2,135 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1982 | 2,170 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 2,087 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 2,523 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1985 | 2,328 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1986 | 2,300 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 2,553 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1988 | 2,481 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 2,524 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 2,603 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 2,296 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1992 | 2,500 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 2,696 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 2,908 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 2,641 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1996 | 2,858 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 2,766 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 2,750 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 3,110 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2000 | 3,084 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 3,241 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 3,373 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 3,442 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 3,278 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 3,558 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 3,520 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 3,486 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 3,833 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 3,919 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 3,898 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 3,898 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4,150 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 4,101 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 4,017 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 4,242 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 4,370 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 4,216 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 4,531 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 4,370 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 4,557 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 4,704 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 4,587 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 4,797 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 4,851 kg/ha | +1.1% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 4,851 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,427 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Peru's 4,851 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,747 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,543 kg/ha | 1,399 kg/ha | 1,669 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,805 kg/ha | 1,698 kg/ha | 1,953 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,292 kg/ha | 1,818 kg/ha | 2,553 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,713 kg/ha | 2,296 kg/ha | 3,110 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,474 kg/ha | 3,084 kg/ha | 3,919 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,179 kg/ha | 3,898 kg/ha | 4,531 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,699 kg/ha | 4,557 kg/ha | 4,851 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 49 Malta 4,880 kg/ha compare
- 50 Argentina 4,854 kg/ha compare
- 51 Poland 4,851 kg/ha compare
- 53 Papua New Guinea 4,787 kg/ha compare
- 54 Yugoslav SFR 4,652 kg/ha compare
- 55 Switzerland 4,584 kg/ha compare
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 cereals, primary — yield in Peru?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Peru was 4,851 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 4,851 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,399 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Peru rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Peru ranks 52nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. 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 Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.