Dates — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Dates — Area harvested was 158 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — area harvested in Peru is 158 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 122.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Peru peaked at 270 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 68 ha, in 1999.
That places Peru 33rd out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 110 ha | — |
| 1962 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 130 ha | +18.2% |
| 1964 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 1966 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 95 ha | -36.7% |
| 1969 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 97 ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 100 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 110 ha | -8.3% |
| 1981 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 141 ha | +28.2% |
| 1983 | 141 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 141 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 250 ha | +77.3% |
| 1986 | 270 ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 150 ha | -44.4% |
| 1995 | 70 ha | -53.3% |
| 1996 | 80 ha | +14.3% |
| 1997 | 123 ha | +53.8% |
| 1998 | 73 ha | -40.7% |
| 1999 | 68 ha | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 78 ha | +14.7% |
| 2001 | 84 ha | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 86 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 135 ha | +57.0% |
| 2007 | 90 ha | -33.3% |
| 2008 | 80 ha | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 74 ha | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 104 ha | +40.5% |
| 2011 | 104 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 105 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 105 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 71 ha | -32.4% |
| 2015 | 71 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 85 ha | +19.7% |
| 2017 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 141 ha | +65.9% |
| 2019 | 141 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 134 ha | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 134 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 156 ha | +16.4% |
| 2023 | 156 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 158 ha | +1.3% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 158 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,495 ha, 4% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +77.3% | 141 ha | 250 ha |
| 2018 | +65.9% | 85 ha | 141 ha |
| 2006 | +57.0% | 86 ha | 135 ha |
| 1997 | +53.8% | 80 ha | 123 ha |
| 1995 | -53.3% | 150 ha | 70 ha |
| 1994 | -44.4% | 270 ha | 150 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125 ha | 95 ha | 150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 113.2 ha | 95 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 197.3 ha | 110 ha | 270 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 164.4 ha | 68 ha | 270 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 88.5 ha | 74 ha | 135 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 101.2 ha | 71 ha | 141 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 147.6 ha | 134 ha | 158 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
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 dates — area harvested in Peru?
- Dates — area harvested in Peru was 158 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 270 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 68 ha in 1999.
- How does Peru rank for dates — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 33rd out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 122.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Dates — Area harvested. 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.