Green corn (maize) — Yield in Peru
Peru: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 10,331 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — yield in Peru stood at 10,331 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Peru peaked at 10,331 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,684 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Peru 23rd out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,143 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,556 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 5,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,425 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 4,839 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1967 | 4,920 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 4,684 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 4,820 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 5,422 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 5,117 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 5,169 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 5,214 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 5,581 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 5,342 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 5,679 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 6,162 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 6,532 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 6,083 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1980 | 6,326 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 6,663 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 6,900 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 6,108 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1984 | 6,431 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 6,994 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 6,976 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 6,870 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 7,617 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1989 | 8,107 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 7,783 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 8,035 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 8,000 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 7,813 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 6,956 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1995 | 7,011 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 7,350 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 6,920 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 7,644 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 8,065 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 8,142 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 8,087 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 8,672 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 8,586 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 8,284 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 8,414 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 8,569 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 8,041 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 8,501 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 8,794 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 8,764 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 8,516 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 8,330 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 8,659 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 8,874 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 8,759 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 8,982 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 9,714 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 9,481 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 9,504 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 9,380 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 9,552 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 10,006 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 9,751 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 10,331 kg/ha | +5.9% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 10,331 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,331 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Peru's 10,331 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5,272 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,166 kg/ha | 4,684 kg/ha | 5,556 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,630 kg/ha | 5,117 kg/ha | 6,532 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,899 kg/ha | 6,108 kg/ha | 8,107 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,558 kg/ha | 6,920 kg/ha | 8,065 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,409 kg/ha | 8,041 kg/ha | 8,794 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,958 kg/ha | 8,330 kg/ha | 9,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,804 kg/ha | 9,380 kg/ha | 10,331 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 20 Australia 11,760 kg/ha compare
- 21 Poland 11,460 kg/ha compare
- 22 South Africa 10,734 kg/ha compare
- 24 North Macedonia 10,034 kg/ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 2,791 kg/ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 2,414 kg/ha compare
- 25 Papua New Guinea 10,013 kg/ha compare
- 26 Japan 9,932 kg/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) — yield in Peru?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Peru was 10,331 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 10,331 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,684 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Peru rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Peru ranks 23rd out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. 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) — 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.