Cocoa beans — Production in Peru
Peru: Cocoa beans — Production was 157,252 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Production in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — production in Peru is 157,252 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.8% on the previous year and up 92.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — production in Peru peaked at 172,705 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,795 t, in 1968.
Peru ranks 7th of 54 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 — Production in Peru, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,688 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,464 t | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 2,670 t | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 2,674 t | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 1,836 t | -31.3% |
| 1966 | 2,149 t | +17.0% |
| 1967 | 2,301 t | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 1,795 t | -22.0% |
| 1969 | 2,412 t | +34.4% |
| 1970 | 2,107 t | -12.6% |
| 1971 | 2,173 t | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 2,231 t | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 2,406 t | +7.8% |
| 1974 | 2,545 t | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 2,658 t | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 2,607 t | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 3,998 t | +53.4% |
| 1978 | 4,039 t | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 4,262 t | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 4,420 t | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 5,312 t | +20.2% |
| 1982 | 6,045 t | +13.8% |
| 1983 | 6,145 t | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 6,501 t | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 8,033 t | +23.6% |
| 1986 | 11,082 t | +38.0% |
| 1987 | 14,080 t | +27.1% |
| 1988 | 16,658 t | +18.3% |
| 1989 | 17,813 t | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 14,796 t | -16.9% |
| 1991 | 15,473 t | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 15,000 t | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 14,970 t | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 13,446 t | -10.2% |
| 1995 | 22,704 t | +68.9% |
| 1996 | 22,867 t | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 19,504 t | -14.7% |
| 1998 | 22,134 t | +13.5% |
| 1999 | 20,964 t | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 25,049 t | +19.5% |
| 2001 | 23,652 t | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 24,219 t | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 24,214 t | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 25,921 t | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 25,257 t | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 31,676 t | +25.4% |
| 2007 | 31,387 t | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 34,003 t | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 36,803 t | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 46,613 t | +26.7% |
| 2011 | 56,499 t | +21.2% |
| 2012 | 62,492 t | +10.6% |
| 2013 | 71,175 t | +13.9% |
| 2014 | 81,651 t | +14.7% |
| 2015 | 92,592 t | +13.4% |
| 2016 | 107,922 t | +16.6% |
| 2017 | 121,814 t | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 134,676 t | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 141,775 t | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 158,944 t | +12.1% |
| 2021 | 160,522 t | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 172,705 t | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 166,936 t | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 157,252 t | -5.8% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 157,252 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 541.36 t, 290.5× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Peru's 157,252 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,000 t, 157.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,332 t | 1,795 t | 2,688 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,903 t | 2,107 t | 4,262 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,609 t | 4,420 t | 17,813 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,186 t | 13,446 t | 22,867 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,218 t | 23,652 t | 36,803 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 91,721 t | 46,613 t | 141,775 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 163,272 t | 157,252 t | 172,705 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 4 Nigeria 350,000 t compare
- 5 Cameroon 320,000 t compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 1.89 million t compare
- 5 Melanesia 50,916 t compare
- 6 Brazil 297,509 t compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50,000 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 29,383 t compare
- 8 Sierra Leone 93,750 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 15,000 t compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,825 t compare
- 9 Colombia 67,678 t compare
- 10 Dominican Republic 57,461 t compare
- 10 Viet Nam 1,500 t 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 cocoa beans — production in Peru?
- Cocoa beans — production in Peru was 157,252 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — production recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 172,705 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — production recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,795 t in 1968.
- How does Peru rank for cocoa beans — production?
- Peru ranks 7th out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — production rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.6%. 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 — Production. 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.