Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 3,327 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Peru recorded 3,327 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.4% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Peru peaked at 6,973 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1,036 ha, in 1992.
Peru ranks 67th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,670 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,660 ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 1,730 ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 1,720 ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 2,460 ha | +43.0% |
| 1966 | 2,515 ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 2,770 ha | +10.1% |
| 1968 | 3,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 2,915 ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 1,634 ha | -43.9% |
| 1971 | 1,549 ha | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 1,459 ha | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 1,199 ha | -17.8% |
| 1974 | 1,069 ha | -10.8% |
| 1975 | 1,279 ha | +19.6% |
| 1976 | 1,294 ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 1,270 ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 1,214 ha | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 1,125 ha | -7.3% |
| 1980 | 1,056 ha | -6.1% |
| 1981 | 1,125 ha | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 1,452 ha | +29.1% |
| 1983 | 1,498 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 1,448 ha | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 1,392 ha | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 1,455 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 1,523 ha | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 1,401 ha | -8.0% |
| 1989 | 1,420 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 1,192 ha | -16.1% |
| 1991 | 1,183 ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 1,036 ha | -12.4% |
| 1993 | 1,283 ha | +23.8% |
| 1994 | 1,586 ha | +23.6% |
| 1995 | 2,290 ha | +44.4% |
| 1996 | 1,993 ha | -13.0% |
| 1997 | 3,732 ha | +87.3% |
| 1998 | 6,973 ha | +86.8% |
| 1999 | 4,858 ha | -30.3% |
| 2000 | 5,479 ha | +12.8% |
| 2001 | 4,277 ha | -21.9% |
| 2002 | 2,802 ha | -34.5% |
| 2003 | 2,805 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 3,777 ha | +34.7% |
| 2005 | 3,700 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 3,900 ha | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 4,294 ha | +10.1% |
| 2008 | 4,223 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 5,041 ha | +19.4% |
| 2010 | 4,213 ha | -16.4% |
| 2011 | 3,843 ha | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 3,835 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 4,035 ha | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 3,759 ha | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 3,525 ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 4,089 ha | +16.0% |
| 2017 | 4,013 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 3,735 ha | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 3,535 ha | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 2,972 ha | -15.9% |
| 2021 | 3,616 ha | +21.7% |
| 2022 | 3,748 ha | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 3,931 ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 3,327 ha | -15.4% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 3,327 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 1.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Peru's 3,327 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,038 ha, 1.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +87.3% | 1,993 ha | 3,732 ha |
| 1998 | +86.8% | 3,732 ha | 6,973 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,271 ha | 1,660 ha | 3,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,309 ha | 1,069 ha | 1,634 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,377 ha | 1,056 ha | 1,523 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,613 ha | 1,036 ha | 6,973 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,030 ha | 2,802 ha | 5,479 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,858 ha | 3,525 ha | 4,213 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,519 ha | 2,972 ha | 3,931 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Peru?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Peru was 3,327 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 6,973 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,036 ha in 1992.
- How does Peru rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 67th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.