Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 141,063 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Peru recorded 141,063 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and up 47.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Peru peaked at 268,535 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 67,479 ha, in 2010.
That places Peru 89th out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 227,737 ha | 175,114 ha | 268,535 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 136,517 ha | 107,104 ha | 154,908 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 152,919 ha | 98,161 ha | 186,125 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 117,635 ha | 80,144 ha | 153,138 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 105,812 ha | 76,955 ha | 121,712 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 101,294 ha | 67,479 ha | 125,179 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 135,296 ha | 103,571 ha | 151,879 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 86 Guinea-Bissau 156,837 ha compare
- 87 Austria 155,749 ha compare
- 88 Madagascar 148,104 ha compare
- 90 Republic of Korea 138,028 ha compare
- 91 Tajikistan 136,497 ha compare
- 92 Mongolia 131,222 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 7.47 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 7.47 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Peru?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Peru was 141,063 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 268,535 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 67,479 ha in 2010.
- How does Peru rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 89th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.1%. 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, Oil 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.