Sugar cane — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 118,456 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Peru stood at 118,456 ha.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Peru peaked at 129,065 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 47,629 ha, in 1993.
Peru ranks 20th of 103 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52,430 ha | — |
| 1962 | 51,890 ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 55,310 ha | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 53,935 ha | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 51,435 ha | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 63,770 ha | +24.0% |
| 1967 | 58,900 ha | -7.6% |
| 1968 | 61,065 ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 53,948 ha | -11.7% |
| 1970 | 56,986 ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 56,365 ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 57,980 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 60,380 ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 63,975 ha | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 64,565 ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 63,180 ha | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 64,870 ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 62,940 ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 63,460 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 59,775 ha | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 50,699 ha | -15.2% |
| 1982 | 60,042 ha | +18.4% |
| 1983 | 61,260 ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 70,187 ha | +14.6% |
| 1985 | 70,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 67,300 ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 64,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 62,500 ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 63,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 61,500 ha | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 60,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 52,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1993 | 47,629 ha | -8.4% |
| 1994 | 51,020 ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 59,603 ha | +16.8% |
| 1996 | 54,383 ha | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 63,542 ha | +16.8% |
| 1998 | 52,009 ha | -18.2% |
| 1999 | 58,127 ha | +11.8% |
| 2000 | 63,817 ha | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 60,373 ha | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 68,050 ha | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 77,720 ha | +14.2% |
| 2004 | 70,851 ha | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 61,549 ha | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 65,847 ha | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 67,952 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 69,127 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 89,221 ha | +29.1% |
| 2010 | 89,987 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 104,573 ha | +16.2% |
| 2012 | 115,696 ha | +10.6% |
| 2013 | 121,249 ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 129,065 ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 84,574 ha | -34.5% |
| 2016 | 121,905 ha | +44.1% |
| 2017 | 105,296 ha | -13.6% |
| 2018 | 115,995 ha | +10.2% |
| 2019 | 122,872 ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 120,957 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 121,602 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 117,687 ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 116,530 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 118,456 ha | +1.7% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 118,456 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 1.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Peru's 118,456 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,500 ha, 3.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,854 ha | 51,435 ha | 63,770 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 61,470 ha | 56,365 ha | 64,870 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 62,966 ha | 50,699 ha | 70,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 55,981 ha | 47,629 ha | 63,542 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 69,451 ha | 60,373 ha | 89,221 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 111,121 ha | 84,574 ha | 129,065 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 119,046 ha | 116,530 ha | 121,602 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 17 Myanmar 178,646 ha compare
- 18 Kenya 134,900 ha compare
- 19 Egypt 124,299 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 26,622 ha compare
- 21 Cabo Verde 3,114 ha compare
- 21 Dominican Republic 110,649 ha compare
- 22 Paraguay 110,000 ha compare
- 23 Madagascar 100,974 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Peru?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Peru was 118,456 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 129,065 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,629 ha in 1993.
- How does Peru rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 20th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.