Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Peru
Peru: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 12,186 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Peru is 12,186 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Peru peaked at 16,280 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 8,816 kg/ha, in 1990.
Peru ranks 74th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,333 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 13,636 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 12,727 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 13,364 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 13,409 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 15,973 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1968 | 12,768 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1969 | 13,998 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 15,680 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1971 | 16,280 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 15,540 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 15,814 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 13,791 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1975 | 13,490 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 13,733 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 9,653 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 1978 | 10,011 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 9,387 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 9,978 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 10,666 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 10,208 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 9,367 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1984 | 9,155 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 9,376 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 9,490 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 9,680 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 9,592 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 9,519 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 8,816 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 9,056 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 9,257 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 9,087 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 9,193 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 9,164 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 9,642 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 11,992 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1998 | 13,512 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1999 | 13,668 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 13,386 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 14,037 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 12,648 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2003 | 11,671 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2004 | 11,696 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 11,924 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 11,315 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 11,294 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 11,966 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 12,282 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 12,300 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 12,266 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 11,034 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 10,865 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 10,982 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 10,722 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 10,912 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 10,534 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 10,983 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 11,421 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 11,446 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 12,070 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 12,002 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 12,399 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 12,186 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 12,186 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,590 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Peru's 12,186 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 13,018 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | -29.7% | 13,733 kg/ha | 9,653 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,634 kg/ha | 12,727 kg/ha | 15,973 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,338 kg/ha | 9,387 kg/ha | 16,280 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,703 kg/ha | 9,155 kg/ha | 10,666 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,339 kg/ha | 8,816 kg/ha | 13,668 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,222 kg/ha | 11,294 kg/ha | 14,037 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,202 kg/ha | 10,534 kg/ha | 12,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,021 kg/ha | 11,446 kg/ha | 12,399 kg/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 — yield in Peru?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Peru was 12,186 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 16,280 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,816 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Peru rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Peru ranks 74th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.