What is cocoa bean yields in Peru?

Cocoa bean yields in Peru was 0.8294 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest cocoa bean yields recorded in Peru?

The highest recorded value was 0.9016 tonnes per hectare in 2022.

What is the lowest cocoa bean yields recorded in Peru?

The lowest recorded value was 0.3849 tonnes per hectare in 1965.

How does Peru rank for cocoa bean yields?

Peru ranks 6th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.

Is cocoa bean yields rising or falling in Peru?

Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cocoa bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Cocoa bean yields in Peru

Name: Cocoa bean yields in Peru
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Peru: Cocoa bean yields was 0.8294 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.8294 tonnes per hectare

Change on year

down 1.0%

World rank

6th

of 61 countries

All-time high

0.9016 tonnes per hectare

in 2022

All-time low

0.3849 tonnes per hectare

in 1965

Years of data

1961–2024

Cocoa bean yields in Peru, 1961–2024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.

Analysis

Peru recorded 0.8294 tonnes per hectare for cocoa bean yields in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cocoa bean yields in Peru peaked at 0.9016 tonnes per hectare in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3849 tonnes per hectare, in 1965.

That places Peru 6th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.4918 tonnes per hectare	0.3849 tonnes per hectare	0.5701 tonnes per hectare	9
1970s	0.5053 tonnes per hectare	0.4956 tonnes per hectare	0.5122 tonnes per hectare	10
1980s	0.5096 tonnes per hectare	0.4517 tonnes per hectare	0.5753 tonnes per hectare	10
1990s	0.5839 tonnes per hectare	0.4771 tonnes per hectare	0.7102 tonnes per hectare	10
2000s	0.5311 tonnes per hectare	0.4864 tonnes per hectare	0.6067 tonnes per hectare	10
2010s	0.7643 tonnes per hectare	0.6039 tonnes per hectare	0.8594 tonnes per hectare	10
2020s	0.8681 tonnes per hectare	0.8294 tonnes per hectare	0.9016 tonnes per hectare	5

Countries ranked near Peru

3 Fiji 2.5 tonnes per hectare compare
4 Togo 0.9868 tonnes per hectare compare
5 Madagascar 0.8944 tonnes per hectare compare
7 Ecuador 0.7454 tonnes per hectare compare
8 Tanzania 0.7175 tonnes per hectare compare
9 Sri Lanka 0.6809 tonnes per hectare compare

See the full ranking of 61 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Peru

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.80 billion current US$ (2024)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.5% (2024)
Rural population 4.98 million (2025)
Rural population growth -1.7% (2025)
Rural population 14.4% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
Land under cereal production 1.22 million hectares (2024)

All data for Peru →

Frequently asked questions

What is cocoa bean yields in Peru?: Cocoa bean yields in Peru was 0.8294 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest cocoa bean yields recorded in Peru?: The highest recorded value was 0.9016 tonnes per hectare in 2022.
What is the lowest cocoa bean yields recorded in Peru?: The lowest recorded value was 0.3849 tonnes per hectare in 1965.
How does Peru rank for cocoa bean yields?: Peru ranks 6th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
Is cocoa bean yields rising or falling in Peru?: Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cocoa bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Cocoa bean yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 61 places, 3,632 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.