Palm kernels — Production in Peru
Peru: Palm kernels — Production was 63,000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Palm kernels — Production in Peru, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Peru recorded 63,000 t for palm kernels — production in 2023.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm kernels — production in Peru peaked at 66,000 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Peru 15th out of 41 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Palm kernels — Production in Peru, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1975 | 60 t | — |
| 1976 | 62 t | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 870 t | +1303.2% |
| 1978 | 1,160 t | +33.3% |
| 1979 | 1,300 t | +12.1% |
| 1980 | 1,550 t | +19.2% |
| 1981 | 1,780 t | +14.8% |
| 1982 | 1,820 t | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 2,000 t | +9.9% |
| 1984 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,000 t | +100.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1990 | 4,410 t | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 2,440 t | -44.7% |
| 1992 | 2,640 t | +8.2% |
| 1993 | 4,000 t | +51.5% |
| 1994 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 5,208 t | +30.2% |
| 1996 | 3,800 t | -27.0% |
| 1997 | 4,500 t | +18.4% |
| 1998 | 7,000 t | +55.6% |
| 1999 | 8,000 t | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 6,600 t | -17.5% |
| 2001 | 7,600 t | +15.2% |
| 2002 | 6,600 t | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 8,100 t | +22.7% |
| 2004 | 9,000 t | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 9,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10,000 t | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 13,500 t | +35.0% |
| 2009 | 13,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13,700 t | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 25,000 t | +82.5% |
| 2012 | 40,000 t | +60.0% |
| 2013 | 51,000 t | +27.5% |
| 2014 | 31,000 t | -39.2% |
| 2015 | 42,000 t | +35.5% |
| 2016 | 46,000 t | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 59,333 t | +29.0% |
| 2018 | 66,000 t | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 43,000 t | -34.8% |
| 2020 | 50,000 t | +16.3% |
| 2021 | 52,000 t | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 60,000 t | +15.4% |
| 2023 | 63,000 t | +5.0% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 63,000 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 72,500 t, 87% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Peru's 63,000 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 82,000 t, 77% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Palm kernels — Production 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 | +1303.2% | 62 t | 870 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 690.4 t | 60 t | 1,300 t | 5 |
| 1980s | 2,415 t | 1,550 t | 5,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,600 t | 2,440 t | 8,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,290 t | 6,600 t | 13,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,703 t | 13,700 t | 66,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 56,250 t | 50,000 t | 63,000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 12 Cameroon 92,000 t compare
- 12 Costa Rica 92,000 t compare
- 14 Ecuador 82,000 t compare
- 14 Caribbean 18,000 t compare
- 16 Guinea 53,000 t compare
- 17 Sierra Leone 42,482 t compare
- 18 Philippines 38,000 t 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 palm kernels — production in Peru?
- Palm kernels — production in Peru was 63,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm kernels — production recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 66,000 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest palm kernels — production recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Peru rank for palm kernels — production?
- Peru ranks 15th out of 41 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm kernels — production rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. 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 Palm kernels — Production. 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.