Tea leaves — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 2,047 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — area harvested in Peru stood at 2,047 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Peru peaked at 3,960 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 1,578 ha, in 2017.
Peru ranks 26th of 45 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,030 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,100 ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 2,220 ha | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 2,340 ha | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 2,470 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 2,480 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 2,460 ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 2,710 ha | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 2,779 ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 2,836 ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 3,236 ha | +14.1% |
| 1972 | 3,170 ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 3,175 ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 3,447 ha | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 3,651 ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 3,960 ha | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 3,630 ha | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 3,140 ha | -13.5% |
| 1979 | 3,295 ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 2,945 ha | -10.6% |
| 1981 | 2,795 ha | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 2,735 ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 2,604 ha | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 2,485 ha | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 3,385 ha | +36.2% |
| 1986 | 3,385 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,420 ha | -30.9% |
| 1990 | 2,350 ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 2,360 ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 2,200 ha | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 2,104 ha | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 2,170 ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 2,262 ha | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 2,323 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 2,358 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 2,528 ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 2,500 ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 2,541 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 2,285 ha | -10.1% |
| 2002 | 2,289 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,288 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,264 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 2,214 ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 2,195 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 2,108 ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 2,209 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 2,215 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,216 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,228 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 2,237 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 2,229 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 2,231 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,139 ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 2,080 ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 1,578 ha | -24.1% |
| 2018 | 1,776 ha | +12.5% |
| 2019 | 2,040 ha | +14.9% |
| 2020 | 2,051 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,029 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 2,035 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,033 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,047 ha | +0.7% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 2,047 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,144 ha, 1.8× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Peru's 2,047 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 723 ha, 2.8× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Area harvested in Peru changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +36.2% | 2,485 ha | 3,385 ha |
| 1989 | -30.9% | 3,500 ha | 2,420 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,399 ha | 2,030 ha | 2,779 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,354 ha | 2,836 ha | 3,960 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,975 ha | 2,420 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,316 ha | 2,104 ha | 2,528 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,261 ha | 2,108 ha | 2,541 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,075 ha | 1,578 ha | 2,237 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,039 ha | 2,029 ha | 2,051 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
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 tea leaves — area harvested in Peru?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Peru was 2,047 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 3,960 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,578 ha in 2017.
- How does Peru rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 26th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — 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 falling.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tea leaves — Area harvested. 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.