Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Peru
Peru: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 2,101 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — yield in Peru is 2,101 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 14.5% on the previous year and down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Peru peaked at 3,260 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,245 kg/ha, in 1983.
Peru ranks 24th of 94 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,510 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,576 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 1,567 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 1,574 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 1,501 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1966 | 1,629 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1967 | 1,459 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1968 | 1,718 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1969 | 1,510 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1970 | 1,723 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1971 | 1,707 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 1,760 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 1,749 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 1,731 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 1,993 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1976 | 1,674 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1977 | 1,577 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1978 | 1,716 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 1,810 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 1,788 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 1,824 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 1,932 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 1,245 kg/ha | -35.6% |
| 1984 | 2,018 kg/ha | +62.1% |
| 1985 | 1,845 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1986 | 1,833 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 1,689 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1988 | 2,116 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1989 | 1,883 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1990 | 1,728 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 1,499 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1992 | 1,252 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1993 | 1,470 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1994 | 1,723 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1995 | 1,754 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 1,959 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1997 | 1,597 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1998 | 1,294 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1999 | 1,712 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2000 | 1,723 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,927 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2002 | 1,758 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 2,015 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 2,111 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 2,223 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 2,325 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 2,409 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 2,374 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 2,362 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 2,280 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 2,664 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2012 | 2,189 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2013 | 2,649 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2014 | 2,940 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 2,605 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2016 | 2,506 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 2,860 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2018 | 3,027 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 2,989 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 2,731 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 2,933 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 3,260 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 2,457 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 2024 | 2,101 kg/ha | -14.5% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 2,101 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,839 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Peru's 2,101 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,480 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,560 kg/ha | 1,459 kg/ha | 1,718 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,744 kg/ha | 1,577 kg/ha | 1,993 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,817 kg/ha | 1,245 kg/ha | 2,116 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,599 kg/ha | 1,252 kg/ha | 1,959 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,123 kg/ha | 1,723 kg/ha | 2,409 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,671 kg/ha | 2,189 kg/ha | 3,027 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,696 kg/ha | 2,101 kg/ha | 3,260 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Peru?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Peru was 2,101 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 3,260 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,245 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Peru rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Peru ranks 24th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.