Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Peru
Peru: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield was 11,928 kg/ha in 2009. ▼ Falling
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Peru, 1961–2009
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Peru recorded 11,928 kg/ha for plantains and cooking bananas — yield in 2009.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Peru peaked at 19,625 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 9,831 kg/ha, in 1983.
Peru ranks 20th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,875 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,625 kg/ha | +98.7% |
| 1963 | 19,604 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 9,874 kg/ha | -49.6% |
| 1965 | 12,335 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1966 | 13,778 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1967 | 13,717 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 13,250 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 13,216 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 12,462 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 13,483 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1972 | 11,994 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1973 | 11,770 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 11,808 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 11,157 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 10,912 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 11,161 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 11,119 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 10,747 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 11,054 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 11,014 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 11,061 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 9,831 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1984 | 10,352 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 11,366 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1986 | 11,570 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 11,388 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 11,680 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 11,666 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 12,140 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 12,968 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1992 | 10,530 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1993 | 10,689 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 12,181 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1995 | 12,758 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 11,811 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 12,688 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 11,194 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1999 | 10,945 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 10,950 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 12,055 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 12,267 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 11,976 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 11,901 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 11,963 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 12,313 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 12,411 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 11,955 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 11,928 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 11,928 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,928 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Peru's 11,928 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,928 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plantains and cooking bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +98.7% | 9,875 kg/ha | 19,625 kg/ha |
| 1964 | -49.6% | 19,604 kg/ha | 9,874 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,919 kg/ha | 9,874 kg/ha | 19,625 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,661 kg/ha | 10,747 kg/ha | 13,483 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,098 kg/ha | 9,831 kg/ha | 11,680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,790 kg/ha | 10,530 kg/ha | 12,968 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,972 kg/ha | 10,950 kg/ha | 12,411 kg/ha | 10 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 17 El Salvador 13,750 kg/ha compare
- 18 Kenya 12,277 kg/ha compare
- 19 Dominica 12,105 kg/ha compare
- 21 Honduras 11,636 kg/ha compare
- 22 Philippines 11,552 kg/ha
- 23 Costa Rica 11,408 kg/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)
- 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 — yield in Peru?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Peru was 11,928 kg/ha in 2009, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 19,625 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,831 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Peru rank for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
- Peru ranks 20th out of 50 countries with data for 2009.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — 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.