Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Peru
Peru: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 39,770 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Peru is 39,770 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Peru peaked at 57,674 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 23,830 ha, in 1964.
That places Peru 4th out of 74 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.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,160 ha | +7.8% |
| 1963 | 26,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1964 | 23,830 ha | -8.3% |
| 1965 | 33,640 ha | +41.2% |
| 1966 | 33,535 ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 35,740 ha | +6.6% |
| 1968 | 31,475 ha | -11.9% |
| 1969 | 37,670 ha | +19.7% |
| 1970 | 43,997 ha | +16.8% |
| 1971 | 40,075 ha | -8.9% |
| 1972 | 37,843 ha | -5.6% |
| 1973 | 35,571 ha | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 35,490 ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 34,943 ha | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 34,140 ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 38,629 ha | +13.1% |
| 1978 | 37,905 ha | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 43,754 ha | +15.4% |
| 1980 | 42,034 ha | -3.9% |
| 1981 | 46,831 ha | +11.4% |
| 1982 | 48,524 ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 47,252 ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 49,693 ha | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 49,800 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 50,300 ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 50,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 50,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 50,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 53,300 ha | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 53,024 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 53,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 53,153 ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 54,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 49,422 ha | -9.3% |
| 1996 | 38,506 ha | -22.1% |
| 1997 | 43,637 ha | +13.3% |
| 1998 | 54,460 ha | +24.8% |
| 1999 | 53,843 ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 57,674 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 56,880 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 54,830 ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 42,327 ha | -22.8% |
| 2004 | 40,400 ha | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 43,589 ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 42,875 ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 43,523 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 44,700 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 45,800 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 42,880 ha | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 41,318 ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 28,022 ha | -32.2% |
| 2013 | 43,002 ha | +53.5% |
| 2014 | 42,834 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 39,709 ha | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 41,848 ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 41,464 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 39,337 ha | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 40,883 ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 39,115 ha | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 39,778 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 39,925 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 39,606 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 39,770 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,472 ha | 23,830 ha | 37,670 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,235 ha | 34,140 ha | 43,997 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,553 ha | 42,034 ha | 50,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,764 ha | 38,506 ha | 54,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,260 ha | 40,400 ha | 57,674 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,130 ha | 28,022 ha | 43,002 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,639 ha | 39,115 ha | 39,925 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 1 Ethiopia PDR 370,000 ha compare
- 2 Indonesia 63,444 ha compare
- 3 Namibia 43,947 ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 140,130 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 126,371 ha compare
- 5 Nepal 29,539 ha compare
- 6 Papua New Guinea 25,122 ha compare
- 7 Haiti 24,456 ha compare
- 7 Melanesia 26,472 ha 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Peru?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Peru was 39,770 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 57,674 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,830 ha in 1964.
- How does Peru rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Peru ranks 4th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. 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, published as part of Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.