Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 505,494 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Peru stood at 505,494 ha.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Peru peaked at 511,323 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 240,442 ha, in 1992.
Peru ranks 21st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 301,968 ha | — |
| 1962 | 301,900 ha | -0.0% |
| 1963 | 304,530 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 349,150 ha | +14.7% |
| 1965 | 338,535 ha | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 341,295 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 363,090 ha | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 333,075 ha | -8.3% |
| 1969 | 393,825 ha | +18.2% |
| 1970 | 419,202 ha | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 363,860 ha | -13.2% |
| 1972 | 362,583 ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 357,661 ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 358,175 ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 339,458 ha | -5.2% |
| 1976 | 340,878 ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 339,809 ha | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 338,533 ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 337,805 ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 311,363 ha | -7.8% |
| 1981 | 332,670 ha | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 329,590 ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 283,839 ha | -13.9% |
| 1984 | 289,914 ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 296,671 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 306,865 ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 328,046 ha | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 345,635 ha | +5.4% |
| 1989 | 303,528 ha | -12.2% |
| 1990 | 258,957 ha | -14.7% |
| 1991 | 288,790 ha | +11.5% |
| 1992 | 240,442 ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 292,034 ha | +21.5% |
| 1994 | 307,327 ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 359,437 ha | +17.0% |
| 1996 | 347,920 ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 381,153 ha | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 428,656 ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 427,969 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 445,395 ha | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 393,078 ha | -11.7% |
| 2002 | 428,957 ha | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 403,112 ha | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 393,248 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 417,906 ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 423,001 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 431,745 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 444,142 ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 450,266 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 459,318 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 452,497 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 452,979 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 475,627 ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 476,112 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 473,533 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 487,536 ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 464,416 ha | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 482,427 ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 492,528 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 495,353 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 497,071 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 511,323 ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 490,584 ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 505,494 ha | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 336,374 ha | 301,900 ha | 393,825 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 355,796 ha | 337,805 ha | 419,202 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 312,812 ha | 283,839 ha | 345,635 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 333,268 ha | 240,442 ha | 428,656 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 423,085 ha | 393,078 ha | 450,266 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 471,697 ha | 452,497 ha | 492,528 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 499,965 ha | 490,584 ha | 511,323 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 18 Madagascar 552,781 ha compare
- 19 Guinea 531,646 ha compare
- 20 Benin 520,628 ha compare
- 22 Ethiopia PDR 501,700 ha compare
- 23 Bangladesh 484,932 ha compare
- 24 Burundi 472,373 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Peru?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Peru was 505,494 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 511,323 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 240,442 ha in 1992.
- How does Peru rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 21st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.