Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Peru
Peru: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 3,493 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Peru, 2003–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Peru stood at 3,493 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.9% on the previous year and up 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Peru peaked at 3,493 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,426 kg/ha, in 2018.
That places Peru 11th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3,078 kg/ha | — |
| 2004 | 3,092 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 2,976 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 3,092 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 3,000 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 2,380 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2009 | 2,522 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 2,502 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 2,520 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 2,510 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 3,060 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2014 | 2,670 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 2,437 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 2,352 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 2,047 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2018 | 1,426 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 2019 | 1,434 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,566 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 3,188 kg/ha | +103.6% |
| 2022 | 2,496 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2023 | 2,890 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2024 | 3,493 kg/ha | +20.9% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 3,493 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,412 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Peru's 3,493 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,899 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +103.6% | 1,566 kg/ha | 3,188 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,877 kg/ha | 2,380 kg/ha | 3,092 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2010s | 2,296 kg/ha | 1,426 kg/ha | 3,060 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,727 kg/ha | 1,566 kg/ha | 3,493 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
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 pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Peru?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Peru was 3,493 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 3,493 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,426 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Peru rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Peru ranks 11th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.