Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 461,207 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested in Peru is 461,207 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Peru peaked at 514,945 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 253,396 ha, in 1961.
That places Peru 56th out of 182 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 320,737 ha | 253,396 ha | 368,405 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 373,056 ha | 350,908 ha | 390,930 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 399,310 ha | 311,762 ha | 484,321 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 373,239 ha | 275,720 ha | 458,527 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 487,643 ha | 448,877 ha | 514,945 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 479,759 ha | 446,426 ha | 513,834 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 451,341 ha | 435,463 ha | 461,496 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 53 Bangladesh 496,681 ha compare
- 54 Italy 495,350 ha compare
- 55 Burundi 481,036 ha compare
- 57 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 442,378 ha compare
- 58 Republic of Moldova 442,121 ha compare
- 59 Caribbean 392,421 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture share gdp 7.47 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 7.47 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 14.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 4.98 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.80 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 2.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Peru?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Peru was 461,207 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 514,945 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 253,396 ha in 1961.
- How does Peru rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 56th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.