Soya beans — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Soya beans — Area harvested was 1,011 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Peru is 1,011 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.3% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Peru peaked at 8,376 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 135 ha, in 1969.
That places Peru 77th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 395 ha | -60.5% |
| 1966 | 565 ha | +43.0% |
| 1967 | 585 ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 205 ha | -65.0% |
| 1969 | 135 ha | -34.1% |
| 1970 | 370 ha | +174.1% |
| 1971 | 655 ha | +77.0% |
| 1972 | 555 ha | -15.3% |
| 1973 | 745 ha | +34.2% |
| 1974 | 1,350 ha | +81.2% |
| 1975 | 1,055 ha | -21.9% |
| 1976 | 2,020 ha | +91.5% |
| 1977 | 2,019 ha | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,358 ha | +66.3% |
| 1979 | 4,420 ha | +31.6% |
| 1980 | 6,354 ha | +43.8% |
| 1981 | 8,376 ha | +31.8% |
| 1982 | 4,626 ha | -44.8% |
| 1983 | 1,584 ha | -65.8% |
| 1984 | 1,101 ha | -30.5% |
| 1985 | 1,164 ha | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 2,090 ha | +79.6% |
| 1987 | 3,438 ha | +64.5% |
| 1988 | 3,478 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 1,393 ha | -59.9% |
| 1990 | 1,213 ha | -12.9% |
| 1991 | 400 ha | -67.0% |
| 1992 | 229 ha | -42.8% |
| 1993 | 590 ha | +157.6% |
| 1994 | 644 ha | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 942 ha | +46.3% |
| 1996 | 1,411 ha | +49.8% |
| 1997 | 5,021 ha | +255.8% |
| 1998 | 2,003 ha | -60.1% |
| 1999 | 1,946 ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 2,151 ha | +10.5% |
| 2001 | 1,801 ha | -16.3% |
| 2002 | 1,182 ha | -34.4% |
| 2003 | 1,069 ha | -9.6% |
| 2004 | 1,653 ha | +54.6% |
| 2005 | 1,341 ha | -18.9% |
| 2006 | 2,377 ha | +77.3% |
| 2007 | 1,723 ha | -27.5% |
| 2008 | 1,998 ha | +16.0% |
| 2009 | 1,999 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,427 ha | -28.6% |
| 2011 | 1,655 ha | +16.0% |
| 2012 | 1,236 ha | -25.3% |
| 2013 | 1,514 ha | +22.5% |
| 2014 | 1,169 ha | -22.8% |
| 2015 | 1,060 ha | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 791 ha | -25.4% |
| 2017 | 743 ha | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 832 ha | +12.0% |
| 2019 | 791 ha | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 647 ha | -18.2% |
| 2021 | 763 ha | +17.9% |
| 2022 | 768 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,238 ha | +61.2% |
| 2024 | 1,011 ha | -18.3% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 1,011 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,182 ha, 7% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Peru's 1,011 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,155 ha, 10% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +255.8% | 1,411 ha | 5,021 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 653.89 ha | 135 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,655 ha | 370 ha | 4,420 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,360 ha | 1,101 ha | 8,376 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,440 ha | 229 ha | 5,021 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,729 ha | 1,069 ha | 2,377 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,122 ha | 743 ha | 1,655 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 885.4 ha | 647 ha | 1,238 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 soya beans — area harvested in Peru?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Peru was 1,011 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 8,376 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 135 ha in 1969.
- How does Peru rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 77th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. 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 Soya beans — Area harvested. 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.