Dates — Yield in Peru
Peru: Dates — Yield was 2,921 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Yield in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Peru recorded 2,921 kg/ha for dates — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 13.3% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Peru peaked at 5,454 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,085 kg/ha, in 1987.
That places Peru 29th 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 — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,454 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,385 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 5,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,333 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 5,387 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 5,353 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 3,821 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1969 | 4,480 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1970 | 4,400 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 4,402 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 1973 | 2,900 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 2,700 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1975 | 3,000 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,500 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1978 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,504 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 1,369 kg/ha | -60.9% |
| 1984 | 3,504 kg/ha | +156.0% |
| 1985 | 2,500 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1986 | 2,878 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1987 | 1,085 kg/ha | -62.3% |
| 1988 | 1,630 kg/ha | +50.2% |
| 1989 | 1,200 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1990 | 1,756 kg/ha | +46.3% |
| 1991 | 1,185 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 1992 | 1,600 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 1993 | 1,163 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1994 | 1,433 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1995 | 1,671 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 1,812 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 2,024 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1998 | 1,753 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1999 | 4,456 kg/ha | +154.1% |
| 2000 | 2,551 kg/ha | -42.7% |
| 2001 | 2,310 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2002 | 2,884 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2003 | 2,814 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 2,988 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 3,209 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 3,126 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 2,300 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 2008 | 5,325 kg/ha | +131.5% |
| 2009 | 4,527 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2010 | 3,240 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 2011 | 3,644 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 1,595 kg/ha | -56.2% |
| 2013 | 2,194 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 2014 | 2,908 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 2015 | 2,704 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 2,558 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 2,635 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 1,943 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 2019 | 2,602 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 2020 | 2,955 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2021 | 2,902 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 3,078 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 3,368 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2024 | 2,921 kg/ha | -13.3% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 2,921 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,190 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +156.0% | 1,369 kg/ha | 3,504 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +154.1% | 1,753 kg/ha | 4,456 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +131.5% | 2,300 kg/ha | 5,325 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,117 kg/ha | 3,821 kg/ha | 5,454 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,390 kg/ha | 2,700 kg/ha | 4,402 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,467 kg/ha | 1,085 kg/ha | 3,504 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,885 kg/ha | 1,163 kg/ha | 4,456 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,203 kg/ha | 2,300 kg/ha | 5,325 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,602 kg/ha | 1,595 kg/ha | 3,644 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,045 kg/ha | 2,902 kg/ha | 3,368 kg/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 dates — yield in Peru?
- Dates — yield in Peru was 2,921 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 5,454 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,085 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Peru rank for dates — yield?
- Peru ranks 29th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 — Yield. 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.