Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 120,542 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Peru stood at 120,542 ha.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and up 52.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Peru peaked at 259,980 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 56,041 ha, in 2010.
Peru ranks 87th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 246,901 ha | — |
| 1962 | 255,967 ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 259,980 ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 248,950 ha | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 241,890 ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 207,975 ha | -14.0% |
| 1967 | 185,398 ha | -10.9% |
| 1968 | 170,418 ha | -8.1% |
| 1969 | 172,589 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 146,931 ha | -14.9% |
| 1971 | 139,714 ha | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 130,618 ha | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 137,606 ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 151,650 ha | +10.2% |
| 1975 | 138,248 ha | -8.8% |
| 1976 | 103,636 ha | -25.0% |
| 1977 | 115,957 ha | +11.9% |
| 1978 | 123,001 ha | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 143,738 ha | +16.9% |
| 1980 | 159,500 ha | +11.0% |
| 1981 | 170,720 ha | +7.0% |
| 1982 | 142,371 ha | -16.6% |
| 1983 | 92,535 ha | -35.0% |
| 1984 | 106,990 ha | +15.6% |
| 1985 | 164,541 ha | +53.8% |
| 1986 | 179,314 ha | +9.0% |
| 1987 | 133,841 ha | -25.4% |
| 1988 | 145,180 ha | +8.5% |
| 1989 | 180,446 ha | +24.3% |
| 1990 | 145,662 ha | -19.3% |
| 1991 | 124,410 ha | -14.6% |
| 1992 | 92,833 ha | -25.4% |
| 1993 | 74,309 ha | -20.0% |
| 1994 | 106,205 ha | +42.9% |
| 1995 | 133,385 ha | +25.6% |
| 1996 | 147,270 ha | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 109,243 ha | -25.8% |
| 1998 | 95,311 ha | -12.8% |
| 1999 | 96,930 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 110,697 ha | +14.2% |
| 2001 | 88,642 ha | -19.9% |
| 2002 | 88,506 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 83,589 ha | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 106,448 ha | +27.3% |
| 2005 | 111,166 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 112,060 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 111,564 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 93,894 ha | -15.8% |
| 2009 | 69,346 ha | -26.1% |
| 2010 | 56,041 ha | -19.2% |
| 2011 | 88,282 ha | +57.5% |
| 2012 | 99,418 ha | +12.6% |
| 2013 | 89,656 ha | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 78,893 ha | -12.0% |
| 2015 | 79,494 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 78,819 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 77,516 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 91,149 ha | +17.6% |
| 2019 | 103,620 ha | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 81,703 ha | -21.2% |
| 2021 | 110,037 ha | +34.7% |
| 2022 | 115,053 ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 123,346 ha | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 120,542 ha | -2.3% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 120,542 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,712 ha, 5.6× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Peru's 120,542 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,920 ha, 3.9× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 221,119 ha | 170,418 ha | 259,980 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 133,110 ha | 103,636 ha | 151,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 147,544 ha | 92,535 ha | 180,446 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 112,556 ha | 74,309 ha | 147,270 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 97,591 ha | 69,346 ha | 112,060 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 84,289 ha | 56,041 ha | 103,620 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 110,136 ha | 81,703 ha | 123,346 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 2.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.2012 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.6858 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.6636 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Peru?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Peru was 120,542 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 259,980 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,041 ha in 2010.
- How does Peru rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 87th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.