Sorghum — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Sorghum — Area harvested was 60 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Peru is 60 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 46.3% on the previous year and down 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Peru peaked at 16,906 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 13 ha, in 2002.
Peru ranks 100th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,040 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,090 ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 1,050 ha | -3.7% |
| 1964 | 1,070 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 2,170 ha | +102.8% |
| 1966 | 2,015 ha | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 2,145 ha | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 555 ha | -74.1% |
| 1969 | 1,427 ha | +157.1% |
| 1970 | 3,590 ha | +151.6% |
| 1971 | 5,705 ha | +58.9% |
| 1972 | 7,380 ha | +29.4% |
| 1973 | 8,330 ha | +12.9% |
| 1974 | 5,865 ha | -29.6% |
| 1975 | 9,785 ha | +66.8% |
| 1976 | 14,670 ha | +49.9% |
| 1977 | 16,841 ha | +14.8% |
| 1978 | 16,906 ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 15,833 ha | -6.3% |
| 1980 | 12,098 ha | -23.6% |
| 1981 | 13,881 ha | +14.7% |
| 1982 | 11,918 ha | -14.1% |
| 1983 | 4,410 ha | -63.0% |
| 1984 | 13,779 ha | +212.4% |
| 1985 | 7,303 ha | -47.0% |
| 1986 | 10,392 ha | +42.3% |
| 1987 | 7,427 ha | -28.5% |
| 1988 | 9,028 ha | +21.6% |
| 1989 | 10,429 ha | +15.5% |
| 1990 | 4,815 ha | -53.8% |
| 1991 | 10,281 ha | +113.5% |
| 1992 | 1,408 ha | -86.3% |
| 1993 | 3,618 ha | +157.0% |
| 1994 | 999 ha | -72.4% |
| 1995 | 979 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 561 ha | -42.7% |
| 1997 | 250 ha | -55.4% |
| 1998 | 59 ha | -76.4% |
| 1999 | 64 ha | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 125 ha | +95.3% |
| 2001 | 15 ha | -88.0% |
| 2002 | 13 ha | -13.3% |
| 2003 | 71 ha | +446.2% |
| 2004 | 35 ha | -50.7% |
| 2005 | 31 ha | -11.4% |
| 2006 | 76 ha | +145.2% |
| 2007 | 22 ha | -71.1% |
| 2008 | 38 ha | +72.7% |
| 2009 | 40 ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 17 ha | -57.5% |
| 2011 | 28 ha | +64.7% |
| 2012 | 35 ha | +25.0% |
| 2013 | 39 ha | +11.4% |
| 2014 | 95 ha | +143.6% |
| 2015 | 39 ha | -58.9% |
| 2016 | 25 ha | -35.9% |
| 2017 | 44 ha | +76.0% |
| 2018 | 54 ha | +22.7% |
| 2019 | 25 ha | -53.7% |
| 2020 | 31 ha | +24.0% |
| 2021 | 32 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 19 ha | -40.6% |
| 2023 | 41 ha | +115.8% |
| 2024 | 60 ha | +46.3% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 60 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,373 ha, 1% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Peru's 60 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,758 ha, 0% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +446.2% | 13 ha | 71 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,396 ha | 555 ha | 2,170 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,490 ha | 3,590 ha | 16,906 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,066 ha | 4,410 ha | 13,881 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,303 ha | 59 ha | 10,281 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.6 ha | 13 ha | 125 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.1 ha | 17 ha | 95 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.6 ha | 19 ha | 60 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 97 Sri Lanka 83 ha compare
- 98 Jordan 82 ha compare
- 99 Philippines 72 ha compare
- 100 Slovenia 60 ha compare
- 102 Azerbaijan 49 ha compare
- 103 Bangladesh 48 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 sorghum — area harvested in Peru?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Peru was 60 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 16,906 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 ha in 2002.
- How does Peru rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 100th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.8%. 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 Sorghum — 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.