Oats — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Oats — Area harvested was 14,496 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — area harvested in Peru stood at 14,496 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 44.8% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Peru peaked at 16,163 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 895 ha, in 1976.
That places Peru 47th out of 79 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oats — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,360 ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 2,400 ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 2,490 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 8,160 ha | +227.7% |
| 1966 | 1,400 ha | -82.8% |
| 1967 | 1,345 ha | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 905 ha | -32.7% |
| 1969 | 930 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 915 ha | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 1,020 ha | +11.5% |
| 1972 | 1,220 ha | +19.6% |
| 1973 | 1,205 ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 1,120 ha | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 1,035 ha | -7.6% |
| 1976 | 895 ha | -13.5% |
| 1977 | 1,013 ha | +13.2% |
| 1978 | 1,042 ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 1,265 ha | +26.5% |
| 1981 | 2,167 ha | +71.3% |
| 1982 | 2,416 ha | +11.5% |
| 1983 | 2,063 ha | -14.6% |
| 1984 | 3,368 ha | +63.3% |
| 1985 | 3,400 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 3,952 ha | +6.8% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 4,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 3,986 ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 3,400 ha | -14.7% |
| 1995 | 4,826 ha | +41.9% |
| 1996 | 5,879 ha | +21.8% |
| 1997 | 6,528 ha | +11.0% |
| 1998 | 9,909 ha | +51.8% |
| 1999 | 9,294 ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 11,240 ha | +20.9% |
| 2001 | 10,187 ha | -9.4% |
| 2002 | 10,490 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 11,540 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 11,297 ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 10,643 ha | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 11,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 10,133 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 10,855 ha | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 10,331 ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 10,756 ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 11,183 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 11,344 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 12,443 ha | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 12,998 ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 14,895 ha | +14.6% |
| 2017 | 14,437 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 14,854 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 14,895 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 15,984 ha | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 15,154 ha | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 16,163 ha | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 10,014 ha | -38.0% |
| 2024 | 14,496 ha | +44.8% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 14,496 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,412 ha, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Peru's 14,496 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 27,160 ha, 53% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +227.7% | 2,490 ha | 8,160 ha |
| 1966 | -82.8% | 8,160 ha | 1,400 ha |
| 1981 | +71.3% | 1,265 ha | 2,167 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,477 ha | 905 ha | 8,160 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,046 ha | 895 ha | 1,220 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,983 ha | 1,265 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,622 ha | 3,400 ha | 9,909 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,738 ha | 10,000 ha | 11,540 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,814 ha | 10,331 ha | 14,895 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,362 ha | 10,014 ha | 16,163 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 oats — area harvested in Peru?
- Oats — area harvested in Peru was 14,496 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 16,163 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 895 ha in 1976.
- How does Peru rank for oats — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 47th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. 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 Oats — 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.