Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 156,483 ha in 2009. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2009
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Peru recorded 156,483 ha for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in 2009. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Peru peaked at 156,483 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 24,880 ha, in 1962.
Peru ranks 7th of 50 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,880 ha | -32.8% |
| 1963 | 24,880 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 44,460 ha | +78.7% |
| 1965 | 47,510 ha | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 59,375 ha | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 60,675 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 60,790 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 65,700 ha | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 68,497 ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 68,163 ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 61,388 ha | -9.9% |
| 1973 | 62,007 ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 62,937 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 63,433 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 65,163 ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 67,628 ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 67,904 ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 69,724 ha | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 61,902 ha | -11.2% |
| 1981 | 58,488 ha | -5.5% |
| 1982 | 60,874 ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 59,061 ha | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 62,012 ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 63,458 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 63,475 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 68,824 ha | +8.4% |
| 1988 | 70,720 ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 72,551 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 57,861 ha | -20.2% |
| 1991 | 62,416 ha | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 66,381 ha | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 66,444 ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 69,401 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 83,551 ha | +20.4% |
| 1996 | 114,126 ha | +36.6% |
| 1997 | 105,773 ha | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 117,792 ha | +11.4% |
| 1999 | 120,045 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 131,935 ha | +9.9% |
| 2001 | 129,566 ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 127,206 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 135,351 ha | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 139,827 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 141,866 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 144,415 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 147,817 ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 149,975 ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 156,483 ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,252 ha | 24,880 ha | 65,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,684 ha | 61,388 ha | 69,724 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 64,136 ha | 58,488 ha | 72,551 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 86,379 ha | 57,861 ha | 120,045 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 140,444 ha | 127,206 ha | 156,483 ha | 10 |
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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 plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Peru?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Peru was 156,483 ha in 2009, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 156,483 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,880 ha in 1962.
- How does Peru rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 7th out of 50 countries with data for 2009.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.4%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested. 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.