Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 100,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Peru recorded 100,000 ha for oil palm fruit — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 166.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Peru peaked at 100,000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Peru 15th out of 41 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.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 31 ha | — |
| 1971 | 226 ha | +629.0% |
| 1972 | 6 ha | -97.3% |
| 1973 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,448 ha | +24033.3% |
| 1976 | 1,267 ha | -12.5% |
| 1977 | 1,711 ha | +35.0% |
| 1978 | 1,711 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,423 ha | +41.6% |
| 1980 | 3,000 ha | +23.8% |
| 1981 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 3,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1984 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1985 | 3,623 ha | -9.4% |
| 1986 | 9,362 ha | +158.4% |
| 1987 | 8,509 ha | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 6,111 ha | -28.2% |
| 1989 | 6,188 ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 4,150 ha | -32.9% |
| 1991 | 4,318 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 4,470 ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 5,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 1994 | 5,770 ha | +15.4% |
| 1995 | 5,188 ha | -10.1% |
| 1996 | 5,597 ha | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 7,567 ha | +35.2% |
| 1998 | 10,137 ha | +34.0% |
| 1999 | 7,651 ha | -24.5% |
| 2000 | 9,990 ha | +30.6% |
| 2001 | 11,200 ha | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 9,562 ha | -14.6% |
| 2003 | 8,864 ha | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 9,502 ha | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 10,361 ha | +9.0% |
| 2006 | 10,906 ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 12,594 ha | +15.5% |
| 2008 | 14,000 ha | +11.2% |
| 2009 | 18,215 ha | +30.1% |
| 2010 | 19,055 ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 33,324 ha | +74.9% |
| 2012 | 37,852 ha | +13.6% |
| 2013 | 47,488 ha | +25.5% |
| 2014 | 37,567 ha | -20.9% |
| 2015 | 43,140 ha | +14.8% |
| 2016 | 51,057 ha | +18.4% |
| 2017 | 58,951 ha | +15.5% |
| 2018 | 66,228 ha | +12.3% |
| 2019 | 74,739 ha | +12.9% |
| 2020 | 65,892 ha | -11.8% |
| 2021 | 94,902 ha | +44.0% |
| 2022 | 93,033 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 99,374 ha | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 100,000 ha | +0.6% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 100,000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 101,305 ha, 99% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Peru's 100,000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 100,000 ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +24033.3% | 6 ha | 1,448 ha |
| 1971 | +629.0% | 31 ha | 226 ha |
| 1986 | +158.4% | 3,623 ha | 9,362 ha |
| 1972 | -97.3% | 226 ha | 6 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 883.5 ha | 6 ha | 2,423 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,059 ha | 3,000 ha | 9,362 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,985 ha | 4,150 ha | 10,137 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,519 ha | 8,864 ha | 18,215 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,940 ha | 19,055 ha | 74,739 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 90,640 ha | 65,892 ha | 100,000 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 oil palm fruit — area harvested in Peru?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Peru was 100,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 100,000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Peru rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 15th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 166.2%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.