Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 5,526 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Peru stood at 5,526 ha.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Peru peaked at 7,066 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Peru 20th out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 1,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,245 ha | +13.2% |
| 1968 | 1,210 ha | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 1,271 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 1,475 ha | +16.1% |
| 1971 | 1,295 ha | -12.2% |
| 1972 | 1,190 ha | -8.1% |
| 1973 | 1,180 ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 1,819 ha | +54.2% |
| 1975 | 1,721 ha | -5.4% |
| 1976 | 1,811 ha | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 1,430 ha | -21.0% |
| 1978 | 1,492 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 1,588 ha | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 2,200 ha | +38.5% |
| 1981 | 2,646 ha | +20.3% |
| 1982 | 2,881 ha | +8.9% |
| 1983 | 3,010 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 3,114 ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 2,817 ha | -9.5% |
| 1986 | 3,031 ha | +7.6% |
| 1987 | 3,137 ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 3,276 ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 3,033 ha | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 2,426 ha | -20.0% |
| 1991 | 2,505 ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 2,393 ha | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 2,349 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 2,382 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 2,572 ha | +8.0% |
| 1996 | 2,733 ha | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 3,179 ha | +16.3% |
| 1998 | 2,195 ha | -31.0% |
| 1999 | 2,721 ha | +24.0% |
| 2000 | 3,491 ha | +28.3% |
| 2001 | 3,328 ha | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 3,034 ha | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 3,334 ha | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 2,830 ha | -15.1% |
| 2005 | 2,596 ha | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 2,961 ha | +14.1% |
| 2007 | 3,025 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 3,747 ha | +23.9% |
| 2009 | 3,983 ha | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 4,101 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 3,996 ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 4,815 ha | +20.5% |
| 2013 | 5,515 ha | +14.5% |
| 2014 | 5,857 ha | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 6,400 ha | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 6,741 ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 7,034 ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 7,066 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 6,972 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 6,056 ha | -13.1% |
| 2021 | 5,746 ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 5,702 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 5,549 ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 5,526 ha | -0.4% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 5,526 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,887 ha, 2.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Peru's 5,526 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 169 ha, 32.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,131 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,271 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,500 ha | 1,180 ha | 1,819 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,914 ha | 2,200 ha | 3,276 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,546 ha | 2,195 ha | 3,179 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,233 ha | 2,596 ha | 3,983 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,850 ha | 3,996 ha | 7,066 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,716 ha | 5,526 ha | 6,056 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 lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Peru?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Peru was 5,526 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 7,066 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Peru rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 20th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.