Sugar cane — Yield in Peru
Peru: Sugar cane — Yield was 101,629 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Yield in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — yield in Peru is 101,629 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Peru peaked at 156,923 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 97,492 kg/ha, in 2016.
Peru ranks 7th of 103 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 154,492 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 153,209 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 149,798 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 150,181 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 155,536 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 141,164 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1967 | 143,177 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 126,704 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1969 | 127,868 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 141,578 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1971 | 155,731 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 156,923 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 153,386 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 151,130 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 146,203 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 146,045 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 143,260 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 133,824 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 118,279 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1980 | 101,288 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1981 | 111,516 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 118,505 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 115,292 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 110,014 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 114,858 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 104,165 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 106,422 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 107,200 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 111,224 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 108,943 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 108,333 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 105,769 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 104,978 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 119,561 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1995 | 117,444 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 123,200 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 118,032 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 121,133 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 114,896 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 118,074 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 129,130 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 130,342 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 120,483 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 105,812 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2005 | 110,548 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 110,123 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 121,095 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 135,923 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2009 | 120,901 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 119,239 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 117,841 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 108,560 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 112,907 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 106,735 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 120,745 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2016 | 97,492 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2017 | 105,678 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 100,998 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 109,612 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 106,208 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 101,512 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 101,696 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 102,285 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 101,629 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 101,629 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58,123 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Peru's 101,629 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,271 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 144,681 kg/ha | 126,704 kg/ha | 155,536 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 144,636 kg/ha | 118,279 kg/ha | 156,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 110,048 kg/ha | 101,288 kg/ha | 118,505 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 114,229 kg/ha | 104,978 kg/ha | 123,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 120,243 kg/ha | 105,812 kg/ha | 135,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 109,981 kg/ha | 97,492 kg/ha | 120,745 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 102,666 kg/ha | 101,512 kg/ha | 106,208 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 4 Ethiopia PDR 106,667 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 69,383 kg/ha compare
- 5 Guatemala 104,750 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68,316 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 67,750 kg/ha compare
- 6 Zambia 103,680 kg/ha compare
- 8 Burkina Faso 101,402 kg/ha compare
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 81,007 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 55,000 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54,718 kg/ha compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 100,119 kg/ha compare
- 10 El Salvador 95,809 kg/ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 49,357 kg/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 — yield in Peru?
- Sugar cane — yield in Peru was 101,629 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 156,923 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 97,492 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Peru rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Peru ranks 7th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.