Oil palm fruit — Yield in Peru
Peru: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 14,691 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Peru, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oil palm fruit — yield in Peru stood at 14,691 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Peru peaked at 27,904 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 3,000 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Peru 10th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8,968 kg/ha | — |
| 1971 | 3,434 kg/ha | -61.7% |
| 1972 | 3,000 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1973 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,250 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1977 | 10,496 kg/ha | +222.9% |
| 1978 | 12,831 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1979 | 9,927 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1980 | 20,000 kg/ha | +101.5% |
| 1981 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 13,442 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1986 | 5,455 kg/ha | -59.4% |
| 1987 | 13,420 kg/ha | +146.0% |
| 1988 | 16,954 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1989 | 21,794 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1990 | 27,904 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1991 | 24,572 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 22,327 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 26,700 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1994 | 25,143 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 25,848 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 22,887 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1997 | 18,998 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1998 | 17,084 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1999 | 25,990 kg/ha | +52.1% |
| 2000 | 14,023 kg/ha | -46.0% |
| 2001 | 15,698 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2002 | 15,579 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 20,357 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 2004 | 21,947 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 19,298 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2006 | 21,674 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2007 | 18,934 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2008 | 18,946 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 14,728 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 2010 | 15,314 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 10,796 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 2012 | 13,693 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 2013 | 11,931 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2014 | 16,441 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 2015 | 15,862 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 14,422 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 14,453 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 13,906 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 12,473 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 13,636 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 12,356 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 16,173 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 2023 | 14,453 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2024 | 14,691 kg/ha | +1.6% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 14,691 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,392 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Peru's 14,691 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,525 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit — 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 | +222.9% | 3,250 kg/ha | 10,496 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +146.0% | 5,455 kg/ha | 13,420 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6,091 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 12,831 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,106 kg/ha | 5,455 kg/ha | 21,794 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,745 kg/ha | 17,084 kg/ha | 27,904 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,118 kg/ha | 14,023 kg/ha | 21,947 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,929 kg/ha | 10,796 kg/ha | 16,441 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,262 kg/ha | 12,356 kg/ha | 16,173 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 7 Costa Rica 16,400 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,580 kg/ha compare
- 8 Nicaragua 15,357 kg/ha compare
- 9 Colombia 15,295 kg/ha compare
- 11 Brazil 14,525 kg/ha compare
- 12 Mexico 14,260 kg/ha compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 6,396 kg/ha compare
- 13 Dominican Republic 13,797 kg/ha 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 oil palm fruit — yield in Peru?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Peru was 14,691 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 27,904 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Peru rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Peru ranks 10th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.