Spinach — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Spinach — Area harvested was 1,597 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Peru is 1,597 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 11.8% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Peru peaked at 1,715 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 90 ha, in 1961.
Peru ranks 21st of 69 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 90 ha | — |
| 1962 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 95 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 140 ha | +47.4% |
| 1968 | 125 ha | -10.7% |
| 1969 | 205 ha | +64.0% |
| 1970 | 355 ha | +73.2% |
| 1971 | 360 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 265 ha | -26.4% |
| 1973 | 260 ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 570 ha | +119.2% |
| 1975 | 540 ha | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 540 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 410 ha | -24.1% |
| 1978 | 378 ha | -7.8% |
| 1979 | 322 ha | -14.8% |
| 1980 | 383 ha | +18.9% |
| 1981 | 460 ha | +20.1% |
| 1982 | 398 ha | -13.5% |
| 1983 | 450 ha | +13.1% |
| 1984 | 495 ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 693 ha | +40.0% |
| 1986 | 760 ha | +9.7% |
| 1987 | 792 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 810 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 778 ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 771 ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 784 ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 794 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 829 ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 779 ha | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 783 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 748 ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 1,111 ha | +48.5% |
| 1998 | 615 ha | -44.6% |
| 1999 | 677 ha | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 666 ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 618 ha | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 642 ha | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 1,140 ha | +77.6% |
| 2004 | 1,143 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 995 ha | -12.9% |
| 2006 | 851 ha | -14.5% |
| 2007 | 806 ha | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 1,056 ha | +31.0% |
| 2009 | 1,202 ha | +13.8% |
| 2010 | 1,122 ha | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 1,527 ha | +36.1% |
| 2012 | 1,614 ha | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 1,649 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 1,710 ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 1,715 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,618 ha | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 1,202 ha | -25.7% |
| 2018 | 1,197 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,316 ha | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 1,500 ha | +14.0% |
| 2021 | 1,518 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 1,430 ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 1,429 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,597 ha | +11.8% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 1,597 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 684.5 ha, 2.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Peru's 1,597 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 684.5 ha, 2.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +119.2% | 260 ha | 570 ha |
| 2003 | +77.6% | 642 ha | 1,140 ha |
| 1970 | +73.2% | 205 ha | 355 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 115 ha | 90 ha | 205 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 400 ha | 260 ha | 570 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 601.9 ha | 383 ha | 810 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 789.1 ha | 615 ha | 1,111 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 911.9 ha | 618 ha | 1,202 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,467 ha | 1,122 ha | 1,715 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,495 ha | 1,429 ha | 1,597 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 spinach — area harvested in Peru?
- Spinach — area harvested in Peru was 1,597 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 1,715 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 90 ha in 1961.
- How does Peru rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 21st out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. 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 Spinach — 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.