Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Peru
Peru: Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre was 0.2404 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Peru, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
Peru recorded 0.2404 t per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 11.8% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Peru peaked at 0.2404 t per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0869 t per square kilometre, in 1985.
That places Peru 54th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Peru, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1131 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1138 t per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 0.1241 t per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 1964 | 0.13 t per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0966 t per square kilometre | -25.7% |
| 1966 | 0.1039 t per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 0.1169 t per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 0.1133 t per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 0.1222 t per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 1970 | 0.139 t per square kilometre | +13.7% |
| 1971 | 0.1312 t per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 0.1207 t per square kilometre | -8.0% |
| 1973 | 0.1221 t per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.1142 t per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 1975 | 0.1266 t per square kilometre | +10.9% |
| 1976 | 0.127 t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.1232 t per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1197 t per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.1166 t per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 0.1115 t per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 1981 | 0.1218 t per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 1982 | 0.1181 t per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 0.1224 t per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 0.1309 t per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0869 t per square kilometre | -33.6% |
| 1986 | 0.1168 t per square kilometre | +34.5% |
| 1987 | 0.1104 t per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0949 t per square kilometre | -14.1% |
| 1989 | 0.1137 t per square kilometre | +19.8% |
| 1990 | 0.1623 t per square kilometre | +42.7% |
| 1991 | 0.1121 t per square kilometre | -31.0% |
| 1992 | 0.1174 t per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 0.1544 t per square kilometre | +31.5% |
| 1994 | 0.1111 t per square kilometre | -28.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1217 t per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 0.1281 t per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 0.2003 t per square kilometre | +56.3% |
| 1998 | 0.174 t per square kilometre | -13.1% |
| 1999 | 0.1911 t per square kilometre | +9.9% |
| 2000 | 0.192 t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.1985 t per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.1749 t per square kilometre | -11.9% |
| 2003 | 0.1507 t per square kilometre | -13.9% |
| 2004 | 0.144 t per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 0.1441 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.1552 t per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1443 t per square kilometre | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1483 t per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.2053 t per square kilometre | +38.4% |
| 2010 | 0.2058 t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.2337 t per square kilometre | +13.5% |
| 2012 | 0.2375 t per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.2282 t per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2174 t per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 0.2251 t per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 0.2107 t per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 0.2003 t per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 0.2151 t per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 0.2351 t per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 0.19 t per square kilometre | -19.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2389 t per square kilometre | +25.7% |
| 2022 | 0.2151 t per square kilometre | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 0.2404 t per square kilometre | +11.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1149 t per square kilometre | 0.0966 t per square kilometre | 0.13 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.124 t per square kilometre | 0.1142 t per square kilometre | 0.139 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1127 t per square kilometre | 0.0869 t per square kilometre | 0.1309 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1472 t per square kilometre | 0.1111 t per square kilometre | 0.2003 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1657 t per square kilometre | 0.144 t per square kilometre | 0.2053 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2209 t per square kilometre | 0.2003 t per square kilometre | 0.2375 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2211 t per square kilometre | 0.19 t per square kilometre | 0.2404 t per square kilometre | 4 |
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- 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Peru?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Peru was 0.2404 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2404 t per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0869 t per square kilometre in 1985.
- How does Peru rank for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- Peru ranks 54th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.