Sweet potatoes — Production in Peru
Peru: Sweet potatoes — Production was 293,211 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Peru is 293,211 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Peru peaked at 307,708 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 111,207 t, in 1985.
That places Peru 26th out of 113 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.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Peru, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 144,820 t | — |
| 1962 | 145,720 t | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 158,790 t | +9.0% |
| 1964 | 166,411 t | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 123,709 t | -25.7% |
| 1966 | 132,965 t | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 149,635 t | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 145,026 t | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 156,447 t | +7.9% |
| 1970 | 177,924 t | +13.7% |
| 1971 | 167,963 t | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 154,464 t | -8.0% |
| 1973 | 156,241 t | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 146,197 t | -6.4% |
| 1975 | 162,065 t | +10.9% |
| 1976 | 162,547 t | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 157,668 t | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 153,252 t | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 149,271 t | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 142,710 t | -4.4% |
| 1981 | 155,882 t | +9.2% |
| 1982 | 151,112 t | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 156,721 t | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 167,574 t | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 111,207 t | -33.6% |
| 1986 | 149,567 t | +34.5% |
| 1987 | 141,372 t | -5.5% |
| 1988 | 121,446 t | -14.1% |
| 1989 | 145,546 t | +19.8% |
| 1990 | 207,757 t | +42.7% |
| 1991 | 143,437 t | -31.0% |
| 1992 | 150,272 t | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 197,602 t | +31.5% |
| 1994 | 142,258 t | -28.0% |
| 1995 | 155,719 t | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 164,001 t | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 256,370 t | +56.3% |
| 1998 | 222,681 t | -13.1% |
| 1999 | 244,671 t | +9.9% |
| 2000 | 245,779 t | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 254,113 t | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 223,927 t | -11.9% |
| 2003 | 192,876 t | -13.9% |
| 2004 | 184,375 t | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 184,422 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 198,635 t | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 184,765 t | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 189,869 t | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 262,724 t | +38.4% |
| 2010 | 263,456 t | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 299,080 t | +13.5% |
| 2012 | 304,009 t | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 292,116 t | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 278,293 t | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 288,164 t | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 269,670 t | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 256,434 t | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 275,323 t | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 300,988 t | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 243,157 t | -19.2% |
| 2021 | 305,758 t | +25.7% |
| 2022 | 275,337 t | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 307,708 t | +11.8% |
| 2024 | 293,211 t | -4.7% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 293,211 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 31,278 t, 9.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Peru's 293,211 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,282 t, 89.3× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 147,058 t | 123,709 t | 166,411 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 158,759 t | 146,197 t | 177,924 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 144,314 t | 111,207 t | 167,574 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 188,477 t | 142,258 t | 256,370 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 212,148 t | 184,375 t | 262,724 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 282,753 t | 256,434 t | 304,009 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 285,034 t | 243,157 t | 307,708 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 23 Côte d'Ivoire 63,100 t compare
- 23 Niger 314,757 t compare
- 24 Republic of Korea 314,426 t compare
- 25 Bangladesh 302,073 t compare
- 25 Cabo Verde 2,275 t compare
- 27 Sudan 278,269 t compare
- 28 Sierra Leone 254,823 t compare
- 29 Cuba 237,790 t 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 — production in Peru?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Peru was 293,211 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 307,708 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 111,207 t in 1985.
- How does Peru rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Peru ranks 26th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. 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 — Production. 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.