Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 189,602 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — area harvested in Peru stood at 189,602 ha.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and up 77.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Peru peaked at 199,277 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,667 ha, in 1968.
Peru ranks 9th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,500 ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 5,560 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 4,760 ha | -14.4% |
| 1965 | 4,770 ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 4,399 ha | -7.8% |
| 1967 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,667 ha | -16.7% |
| 1969 | 4,231 ha | +15.4% |
| 1970 | 4,251 ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 4,304 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 4,381 ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 4,705 ha | +7.4% |
| 1974 | 4,984 ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 5,221 ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 5,160 ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 7,805 ha | +51.3% |
| 1978 | 8,147 ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 8,532 ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 8,617 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 10,045 ha | +16.6% |
| 1982 | 10,508 ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 11,773 ha | +12.0% |
| 1984 | 13,394 ha | +13.8% |
| 1985 | 17,784 ha | +32.8% |
| 1986 | 22,739 ha | +27.9% |
| 1987 | 29,543 ha | +29.9% |
| 1988 | 32,451 ha | +9.8% |
| 1989 | 32,856 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 31,011 ha | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 28,814 ha | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 28,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 28,238 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 23,657 ha | -16.2% |
| 1995 | 36,324 ha | +53.5% |
| 1996 | 32,200 ha | -11.4% |
| 1997 | 31,999 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 34,786 ha | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 34,375 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 41,284 ha | +20.1% |
| 2001 | 45,735 ha | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 46,820 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 49,787 ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 50,879 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 50,313 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 56,732 ha | +12.8% |
| 2007 | 59,835 ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 63,626 ha | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 66,335 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 77,192 ha | +16.4% |
| 2011 | 84,174 ha | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 83,999 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 97,658 ha | +16.3% |
| 2014 | 106,635 ha | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 120,374 ha | +12.9% |
| 2016 | 125,580 ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 147,304 ha | +17.3% |
| 2018 | 160,419 ha | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 170,017 ha | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 177,674 ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 182,986 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 191,553 ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 199,277 ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 189,602 ha | -4.9% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 189,602 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 57.7× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Peru's 189,602 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,533 ha, 41.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +53.5% | 23,657 ha | 36,324 ha |
| 1977 | +51.3% | 5,160 ha | 7,805 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,765 ha | 3,667 ha | 5,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,749 ha | 4,251 ha | 8,532 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,971 ha | 8,617 ha | 32,856 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,940 ha | 23,657 ha | 36,324 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,135 ha | 41,284 ha | 66,335 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 117,335 ha | 77,192 ha | 170,017 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 188,218 ha | 177,674 ha | 199,277 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 cocoa beans — area harvested in Peru?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Peru was 189,602 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 199,277 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,667 ha in 1968.
- How does Peru rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 9th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 77.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cocoa beans — Area harvested. 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.