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 108th of 131 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
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
- 105 Sri Lanka 83 ha compare
- 106 Jordan 82 ha compare
- 107 Philippines 72 ha compare
- 108 Slovenia 60 ha compare
- 110 Azerbaijan 49 ha compare
- 111 Bangladesh 48 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture share gdp 7.47 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 7.47 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 14.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 4.98 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.80 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 2.34 million t (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 108th out of 131 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.