Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 45,230 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Peru stood at 45,230 ha.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Peru peaked at 49,424 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 15,390 ha, in 1965.
That places Peru 5th out of 53 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.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 15,390 ha | -14.5% |
| 1966 | 22,410 ha | +45.6% |
| 1967 | 24,335 ha | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 19,010 ha | -21.9% |
| 1969 | 25,270 ha | +32.9% |
| 1970 | 24,605 ha | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 26,765 ha | +8.8% |
| 1972 | 28,030 ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 28,540 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 27,201 ha | -4.7% |
| 1975 | 29,542 ha | +8.6% |
| 1976 | 25,563 ha | -13.5% |
| 1977 | 21,848 ha | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 20,742 ha | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 21,260 ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 19,110 ha | -10.1% |
| 1981 | 18,600 ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 20,731 ha | +11.5% |
| 1983 | 19,292 ha | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 20,282 ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 20,664 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 20,797 ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 23,537 ha | +13.2% |
| 1988 | 21,730 ha | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 22,354 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 20,812 ha | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 21,039 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 19,684 ha | -6.4% |
| 1993 | 22,204 ha | +12.8% |
| 1994 | 28,127 ha | +26.7% |
| 1995 | 31,300 ha | +11.3% |
| 1996 | 27,582 ha | -11.9% |
| 1997 | 34,069 ha | +23.5% |
| 1998 | 38,951 ha | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 43,190 ha | +10.9% |
| 2000 | 45,498 ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 45,681 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 46,079 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 47,419 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 45,617 ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 41,758 ha | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 42,080 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 41,321 ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 44,010 ha | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 44,822 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 46,572 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 43,212 ha | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 43,409 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 46,120 ha | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 45,462 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 45,230 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 44,392 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 40,029 ha | -9.8% |
| 2018 | 46,141 ha | +15.3% |
| 2019 | 43,883 ha | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 44,059 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 49,413 ha | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 49,424 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 46,160 ha | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 45,230 ha | -2.0% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 45,230 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,359 ha, 19.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Peru's 45,230 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 419 ha, 107.9× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,768 ha | 15,390 ha | 25,270 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,410 ha | 20,742 ha | 29,542 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,710 ha | 18,600 ha | 23,537 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,696 ha | 19,684 ha | 43,190 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,428 ha | 41,321 ha | 47,419 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,445 ha | 40,029 ha | 46,572 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,857 ha | 44,059 ha | 49,424 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 2 Guinea 141,002 ha compare
- 3 Indonesia 111,363 ha compare
- 4 Mexico 70,414 ha compare
- 4 Melanesia 25,110 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 14,328 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,469 ha compare
- 6 South Africa 38,975 ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 599 ha compare
- 7 Thailand 37,109 ha compare
- 8 Hungary 36,623 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 57 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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in Peru?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Peru was 45,230 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 49,424 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,390 ha in 1965.
- How does Peru rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 5th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.