Rice — Yield in Peru
Peru: Rice — Yield was 8,307 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — yield in Peru stood at 8,307 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Peru peaked at 8,324 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,707 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Peru 7th out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,093 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,311 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 3,707 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1964 | 4,276 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1965 | 3,878 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1966 | 3,901 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 4,325 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1968 | 3,767 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1969 | 4,046 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1970 | 4,179 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 4,012 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 4,086 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 4,104 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 4,270 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 4,383 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 4,284 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 4,421 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 4,093 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1979 | 4,263 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 4,303 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 4,725 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1982 | 4,564 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 4,194 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1984 | 4,843 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1985 | 4,558 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1986 | 4,504 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 5,093 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1988 | 5,150 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 5,117 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 5,229 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 5,142 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 4,981 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 5,451 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 5,852 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 5,618 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 5,720 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 6,115 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 5,756 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 6,251 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 6,590 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 6,694 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 6,688 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 6,794 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 6,440 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 6,897 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 6,873 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 6,682 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 7,309 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2009 | 7,393 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 7,285 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 7,298 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 7,785 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 7,711 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 7,595 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 7,888 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 7,700 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 7,309 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 8,124 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 7,700 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 8,237 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 8,324 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 8,244 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 8,096 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 8,307 kg/ha | +2.6% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 8,307 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,474 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Peru's 8,307 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,675 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,034 kg/ha | 3,707 kg/ha | 4,325 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,209 kg/ha | 4,012 kg/ha | 4,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,705 kg/ha | 4,194 kg/ha | 5,150 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,612 kg/ha | 4,981 kg/ha | 6,251 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,836 kg/ha | 6,440 kg/ha | 7,393 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,640 kg/ha | 7,285 kg/ha | 8,124 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,242 kg/ha | 8,096 kg/ha | 8,324 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 4 Uruguay 9,352 kg/ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4,639 kg/ha compare
- 5 Egypt 9,132 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,518 kg/ha compare
- 6 Uzbekistan 8,385 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,484 kg/ha compare
- 8 Greece 7,922 kg/ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,108 kg/ha compare
- 9 China, mainland 7,154 kg/ha compare
- 10 China 7,150 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 rice — yield in Peru?
- Rice — yield in Peru was 8,307 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 8,324 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,707 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Peru rank for rice — yield?
- Peru ranks 7th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. 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 Rice — 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.