Spinach — Yield in Peru
Peru: Spinach — Yield was 19,960 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Yield in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — yield in Peru is 19,960 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Peru peaked at 22,119 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 7,789 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Peru 13th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,556 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15,263 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 15,263 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 15,000 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1966 | 15,663 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 16,100 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 17,216 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1969 | 19,415 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1970 | 21,690 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1971 | 22,119 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 21,747 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 21,896 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 11,616 kg/ha | -47.0% |
| 1975 | 12,594 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1976 | 12,185 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 10,183 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1978 | 9,243 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1979 | 8,261 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1980 | 9,157 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1981 | 9,015 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 8,173 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1983 | 7,789 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 8,350 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 8,740 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 8,653 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 8,759 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 9,007 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 8,639 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 8,542 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 8,636 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 8,598 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 8,628 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 8,400 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 8,673 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 8,297 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 8,638 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 11,589 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1999 | 13,691 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2000 | 13,435 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 13,416 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 17,715 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 2003 | 13,098 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 2004 | 12,168 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 12,929 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 14,167 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 14,829 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 13,436 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2009 | 16,321 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2010 | 16,543 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 17,472 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 18,199 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 18,019 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 17,475 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 17,503 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 17,636 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 20,377 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2018 | 21,270 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 21,760 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 19,905 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 20,644 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 20,568 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 20,105 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 19,960 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 19,960 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13,696 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Peru's 19,960 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,089 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Yield 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 | -47.0% | 21,896 kg/ha | 11,616 kg/ha |
| 1998 | +34.2% | 8,638 kg/ha | 11,589 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,115 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 19,415 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,154 kg/ha | 8,261 kg/ha | 22,119 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,628 kg/ha | 7,789 kg/ha | 9,157 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,369 kg/ha | 8,297 kg/ha | 13,691 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,151 kg/ha | 12,168 kg/ha | 17,715 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,625 kg/ha | 16,543 kg/ha | 21,760 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,237 kg/ha | 19,905 kg/ha | 20,644 kg/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 spinach — yield in Peru?
- Spinach — yield in Peru was 19,960 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 22,119 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,789 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Peru rank for spinach — yield?
- Peru ranks 13th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — Yield. 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.