Sesame seed — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 230 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — area harvested in Peru is 230 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.9% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Peru peaked at 900 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 23 ha, in 2008.
Peru ranks 60th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 340 ha | +13.3% |
| 1963 | 350 ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 150 ha | -57.1% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | -33.3% |
| 1966 | 25 ha | -75.0% |
| 1967 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 40 ha | +60.0% |
| 1970 | 170 ha | +325.0% |
| 1971 | 145 ha | -14.7% |
| 1972 | 175 ha | +20.7% |
| 1973 | 140 ha | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 155 ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 150 ha | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 115 ha | -23.3% |
| 1978 | 100 ha | -13.0% |
| 1979 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 93 ha | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 81 ha | -12.9% |
| 1982 | 68 ha | -16.0% |
| 1983 | 37 ha | -45.6% |
| 1984 | 26 ha | -29.7% |
| 1985 | 30 ha | +15.4% |
| 1986 | 40 ha | +33.3% |
| 1987 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 1989 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 40 ha | -20.0% |
| 1991 | 82 ha | +105.0% |
| 1992 | 69 ha | -15.9% |
| 1993 | 64 ha | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 100 ha | +56.2% |
| 1995 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1996 | 250 ha | +66.7% |
| 1997 | 349 ha | +39.6% |
| 1998 | 383 ha | +9.7% |
| 1999 | 876 ha | +128.7% |
| 2000 | 900 ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 380 ha | -57.8% |
| 2002 | 105 ha | -72.4% |
| 2003 | 38 ha | -63.8% |
| 2004 | 35 ha | -7.9% |
| 2005 | 27 ha | -22.9% |
| 2006 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 30 ha | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 23 ha | -23.3% |
| 2009 | 115 ha | +400.0% |
| 2010 | 132 ha | +14.8% |
| 2011 | 251 ha | +90.2% |
| 2012 | 283 ha | +12.7% |
| 2013 | 250 ha | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 233 ha | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 240 ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 302 ha | +25.8% |
| 2017 | 382 ha | +26.5% |
| 2018 | 435 ha | +13.9% |
| 2019 | 456 ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 345 ha | -24.3% |
| 2021 | 429 ha | +24.3% |
| 2022 | 335 ha | -21.9% |
| 2023 | 264 ha | -21.2% |
| 2024 | 230 ha | -12.9% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 230 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,676 ha, 6% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Peru's 230 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,105 ha, 11% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +400.0% | 23 ha | 115 ha |
| 1970 | +325.0% | 40 ha | 170 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 150.56 ha | 25 ha | 350 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 140 ha | 100 ha | 175 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 51.5 ha | 26 ha | 93 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 236.3 ha | 40 ha | 876 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 168 ha | 23 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 296.4 ha | 132 ha | 456 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 320.6 ha | 230 ha | 429 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 sesame seed — area harvested in Peru?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Peru was 230 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 900 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 23 ha in 2008.
- How does Peru rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 60th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — 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.