Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 16,290 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Peru is 16,290 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Peru peaked at 17,413 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 8,743 ha, in 1992.
That places Peru 36th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,140 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 16,930 ha | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 13,040 ha | -23.0% |
| 1965 | 11,550 ha | -11.4% |
| 1966 | 11,790 ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 12,290 ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 11,900 ha | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 12,945 ha | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 13,710 ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 13,525 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 13,470 ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 12,825 ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 12,605 ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 14,345 ha | +13.8% |
| 1976 | 14,120 ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 14,789 ha | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 14,429 ha | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 14,030 ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 13,680 ha | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 14,137 ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 13,444 ha | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 15,082 ha | +12.2% |
| 1984 | 14,508 ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 10,289 ha | -29.1% |
| 1986 | 12,549 ha | +22.0% |
| 1987 | 11,985 ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 10,029 ha | -16.3% |
| 1989 | 11,969 ha | +19.3% |
| 1990 | 13,028 ha | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 9,828 ha | -24.6% |
| 1992 | 8,743 ha | -11.0% |
| 1993 | 12,826 ha | +46.7% |
| 1994 | 9,542 ha | -25.6% |
| 1995 | 9,094 ha | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 9,471 ha | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 14,115 ha | +49.0% |
| 1998 | 17,397 ha | +23.3% |
| 1999 | 14,552 ha | -16.4% |
| 2000 | 15,596 ha | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 15,445 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 13,880 ha | -10.1% |
| 2003 | 12,477 ha | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 11,720 ha | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 11,280 ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 11,248 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 11,218 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 12,127 ha | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 16,006 ha | +32.0% |
| 2010 | 15,689 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 16,532 ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 17,413 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 15,931 ha | -8.5% |
| 2014 | 16,108 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 16,356 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 15,141 ha | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 14,167 ha | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 15,370 ha | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 16,729 ha | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 14,306 ha | -14.5% |
| 2021 | 16,611 ha | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 15,314 ha | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 16,825 ha | +9.9% |
| 2024 | 16,290 ha | -3.2% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 16,290 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 6.3× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Peru's 16,290 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 565 ha, 28.8× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,609 ha | 11,550 ha | 16,930 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,785 ha | 12,605 ha | 14,789 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,767 ha | 10,029 ha | 15,082 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,860 ha | 8,743 ha | 17,397 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,100 ha | 11,218 ha | 16,006 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,944 ha | 14,167 ha | 17,413 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,869 ha | 14,306 ha | 16,825 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 33 Ethiopia PDR 19,200 ha compare
- 34 Equatorial Guinea 19,150 ha compare
- 35 Niger 16,311 ha compare
- 37 Benin 12,318 ha compare
- 38 Egypt 11,989 ha compare
- 39 Sudan (former) 10,500 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Peru?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Peru was 16,290 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 17,413 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,743 ha in 1992.
- How does Peru rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 36th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.