Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 198,564 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Peru is 198,564 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Peru peaked at 237,739 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 100,257 ha, in 1992.
That places Peru 51st out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 105,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 106,660 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 110,870 ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 104,870 ha | -5.4% |
| 1966 | 123,170 ha | +17.5% |
| 1967 | 138,325 ha | +12.3% |
| 1968 | 121,775 ha | -12.0% |
| 1969 | 142,054 ha | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 146,180 ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 131,465 ha | -10.1% |
| 1972 | 127,266 ha | -3.2% |
| 1973 | 128,150 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 129,970 ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 124,115 ha | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 127,510 ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 122,681 ha | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 122,415 ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 123,350 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 130,589 ha | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 135,469 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 135,052 ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 120,584 ha | -10.7% |
| 1984 | 129,112 ha | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 125,371 ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 131,021 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 132,322 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 127,442 ha | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 126,689 ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 109,968 ha | -13.2% |
| 1991 | 116,750 ha | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 100,257 ha | -14.1% |
| 1993 | 113,709 ha | +13.4% |
| 1994 | 118,572 ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 127,546 ha | +7.6% |
| 1996 | 145,298 ha | +13.9% |
| 1997 | 146,467 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 156,063 ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 156,219 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 191,902 ha | +22.8% |
| 2001 | 171,765 ha | -10.5% |
| 2002 | 175,182 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 172,502 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 169,458 ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 181,350 ha | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 203,053 ha | +12.0% |
| 2007 | 200,998 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 212,961 ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 226,985 ha | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 225,543 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 211,813 ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 237,739 ha | +12.2% |
| 2013 | 230,163 ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 215,790 ha | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 222,749 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 208,612 ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 200,837 ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 207,629 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 207,764 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 196,939 ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 205,846 ha | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 200,012 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 206,230 ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 198,564 ha | -3.7% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 198,564 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,525 ha, 10.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Peru's 198,564 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,808 ha, 13.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 117,114 ha | 100,800 ha | 142,054 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 128,310 ha | 122,415 ha | 146,180 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 129,365 ha | 120,584 ha | 135,469 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 129,085 ha | 100,257 ha | 156,219 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 190,616 ha | 169,458 ha | 226,985 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 216,864 ha | 200,837 ha | 237,739 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 201,518 ha | 196,939 ha | 206,230 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Peru?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Peru was 198,564 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 237,739 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 100,257 ha in 1992.
- How does Peru rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 51st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.