Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 227,546 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Peru is 227,546 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Peru peaked at 234,443 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 56,440 ha, in 1961.
That places Peru 31st out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 56,440 ha | — |
| 1962 | 57,530 ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 59,450 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 61,875 ha | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 62,225 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 81,250 ha | +30.6% |
| 1967 | 88,470 ha | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 72,158 ha | -18.4% |
| 1969 | 86,541 ha | +19.9% |
| 1970 | 91,279 ha | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 90,660 ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 92,429 ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 89,537 ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 93,304 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 94,843 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 91,187 ha | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 84,963 ha | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 82,049 ha | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 84,195 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 87,112 ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 96,635 ha | +10.9% |
| 1982 | 105,337 ha | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 97,324 ha | -7.6% |
| 1984 | 102,880 ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 99,028 ha | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 102,730 ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 110,087 ha | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 113,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 108,511 ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 101,233 ha | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 103,476 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 101,730 ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 118,981 ha | +17.0% |
| 1994 | 129,919 ha | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 133,726 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 144,501 ha | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 163,475 ha | +13.1% |
| 1998 | 163,193 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 175,352 ha | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 192,898 ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 190,459 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 182,023 ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 181,469 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 172,482 ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 169,837 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 181,251 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 194,488 ha | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 208,810 ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 210,718 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 223,742 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 212,861 ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 223,953 ha | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 229,689 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 225,850 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 226,291 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 226,494 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 222,389 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 229,004 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 222,556 ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 220,107 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 234,307 ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 234,443 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 229,492 ha | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 227,546 ha | -0.8% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 227,546 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 5.4× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Peru's 227,546 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 30.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69,549 ha | 56,440 ha | 88,470 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 89,445 ha | 82,049 ha | 94,843 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 102,264 ha | 87,112 ha | 113,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 133,559 ha | 101,233 ha | 175,352 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 188,444 ha | 169,837 ha | 210,718 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 224,283 ha | 212,861 ha | 229,689 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 229,179 ha | 220,107 ha | 234,443 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 28 France 245,988 ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 1,187 ha compare
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- 30 Yugoslav SFR 237,089 ha compare
- 32 Republic of Korea 226,634 ha compare
- 33 Sudan (former) 216,705 ha compare
- 34 Mali 211,013 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Peru?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Peru was 227,546 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 234,443 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,440 ha in 1961.
- How does Peru rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 31st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.