Molasses — Production in Peru
Peru: Molasses — Production was 386,904 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Molasses — Production in Peru, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Peru recorded 386,904 t for molasses — production in 2023.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, molasses — production in Peru peaked at 540,000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 180,765 t, in 1993.
Peru ranks 23rd of 139 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Molasses — Production in Peru, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 239,319 t | — |
| 1962 | 253,625 t | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 249,072 t | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 258,421 t | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 271,474 t | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 321,594 t | +18.5% |
| 1967 | 246,238 t | -23.4% |
| 1968 | 254,526 t | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 222,293 t | -12.7% |
| 1970 | 271,975 t | +22.3% |
| 1971 | 321,518 t | +18.2% |
| 1972 | 319,000 t | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 335,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 331,000 t | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 325,000 t | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 327,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 351,000 t | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 318,751 t | -9.2% |
| 1979 | 307,874 t | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 230,000 t | -25.3% |
| 1981 | 219,000 t | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 270,000 t | +23.3% |
| 1983 | 250,000 t | -7.4% |
| 1984 | 288,000 t | +15.2% |
| 1985 | 297,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 265,000 t | -10.8% |
| 1987 | 260,000 t | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 254,487 t | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 272,159 t | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 254,507 t | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 236,297 t | -7.2% |
| 1992 | 207,272 t | -12.3% |
| 1993 | 180,765 t | -12.8% |
| 1994 | 221,552 t | +22.6% |
| 1995 | 269,226 t | +21.5% |
| 1996 | 246,367 t | -8.5% |
| 1997 | 322,581 t | +30.9% |
| 1998 | 270,397 t | -16.2% |
| 1999 | 285,000 t | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 325,000 t | +14.0% |
| 2001 | 336,000 t | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 375,000 t | +11.6% |
| 2003 | 360,000 t | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 330,000 t | -8.3% |
| 2005 | 350,000 t | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 375,000 t | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 380,000 t | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 400,000 t | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 395,000 t | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 425,000 t | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 430,000 t | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 440,000 t | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 440,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 445,000 t | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 440,000 t | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 480,000 t | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 510,000 t | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 530,000 t | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 525,000 t | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 540,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 363,696 t | -32.6% |
| 2022 | 368,249 t | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 386,904 t | +5.1% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 386,904 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 61,394 t, 6.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Peru's 386,904 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 49,689 t, 7.8× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 257,396 t | 222,293 t | 321,594 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 320,812 t | 271,975 t | 351,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 260,565 t | 219,000 t | 297,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 249,396 t | 180,765 t | 322,581 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 362,600 t | 325,000 t | 400,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 466,500 t | 425,000 t | 530,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 414,712 t | 363,696 t | 540,000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 20 Philippines 595,238 t compare
- 21 Argentina 499,302 t compare
- 22 Poland 488,191 t compare
- 24 Czechoslovakia 315,000 t compare
- 25 Spain 294,794 t compare
- 25 Caribbean 471,668 t compare
- 26 El Salvador 276,306 t 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 molasses — production in Peru?
- Molasses — production in Peru was 386,904 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest molasses — production recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 540,000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest molasses — production recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 180,765 t in 1993.
- How does Peru rank for molasses — production?
- Peru ranks 23rd out of 139 countries with data for 2023.
- Is molasses — production rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. 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 Molasses — Production. 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.