FAOSTAT · 2024
Agricultural production in Peru
According to FAOSTAT, Peru produced 5.9 million t of cereals, 3.2 million t of vegetables, 8.2 million t of fruit, 2.4 million t of meat and 2.2 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sugar cane (12.0 million t), potatoes (6.6 million t) and rice (3.6 million t).
- Products recorded
- 146
- World #1
- 3
- products
- World top 10
- 20
- products
- Year
- 2024
Peru is the world’s largest producer of evaporated whole milk, quinoa and rodent meat, and ranks second or third for 3 other products.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in avocados (+163%), followed by oil palm fruit (+138%).
Livestock numbers: 5.8 million cattle, 3.5 million pigs, 11.3 million sheep and 1.7 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All sugar crops | 12,038,562 | 24 | 0.54% | −13% |
| All roots and tubers | 8,575,501 | 26 | 0.91% | +33% |
| All fruit | 8,152,465 | 23 | 0.85% | +40% |
| All cereals | 5,923,491 | 49 | 0.19% | +18% |
| All vegetables | 3,167,860 | 37 | 0.27% | +1.5% |
| All meat | 2,389,930 | 29 | 0.64% | +38% |
| All milk | 2,249,192 | 51 | 0.23% | +21% |
| All citrus fruit | 1,727,711 | 17 | 1.04% | +49% |
| All eggs | 508,592 | 27 | 0.51% | +42% |
| All pulses | 310,009 | 43 | 0.32% | +18% |
| All tree nuts | 15,943 | 64 | 0.09% | +45% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar cane | 12,038,562 | 16 | 0.62% | −13% |
| Potatoes | 6,579,754 | 12 | 1.69% | +40% |
| Rice (paddy) | 3,640,432 | 23 | 0.44% | +26% |
| Bananas | 2,343,311 | 16 | 1.68% | +10% |
| Cow milk | 2,228,889 | 49 | 0.28% | +21% |
| Chicken meat | 1,859,238 | 17 | 1.45% | +41% |
| Maize | 1,686,077 | 50 | 0.14% | +10% |
| Oil palm fruit | 1,469,057 | 15 | 0.35% | +138% |
| Cassava | 1,425,272 | 30 | 0.42% | +19% |
| Beer | 1,421,417 | 29 | 0.77% | +5.3% |
| Raw sugar | 1,062,623 | 26 | 0.57% | −9.5% |
| Grapes | 948,131 | 18 | 1.25% | +87% |
| Avocados | 919,602 | 4 | 8.19% | +163% |
| Tangerines and mandarins | 651,353 | 12 | 1.25% | +92% |
| Onions, dry | 592,516 | 35 | 0.55% | −22% |
| Pineapples | 585,409 | 15 | 1.99% | +29% |
| Oranges | 555,014 | 21 | 0.83% | +23% |
| Whole milk, evaporated | 514,264 | 1 | 17.91% | +9.5% |
| Hen eggs | 508,592 | 27 | 0.54% | +42% |
| Green maize | 467,270 | 6 | 4.94% | +16% |
| Lemons and limes | 419,068 | 13 | 1.81% | +52% |
| Molasses | 386,904 | 23 | 0.53% | −12% |
| Coffee, green | 358,994 | 8 | 3.18% | +62% |
| Blueberries | 353,600 | 2 | 25.39% | +14,044% |
| Mangoes and guavas | 335,656 | 22 | 0.54% | −12% |
| Asparagus | 333,055 | 2 | 3.74% | −12% |
| Palm oil | 300,000 | 16 | 0.38% | +146% |
| Sweet potatoes | 293,211 | 30 | 0.32% | +5.4% |
| Other starchy roots and tubers | 276,425 | 8 | 2.82% | −1.5% |
| Tomatoes | 265,468 | 62 | 0.14% | −0.2% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 256,282 | 26 | 0.74% | +2.4% |
| Barley | 244,114 | 49 | 0.17% | +7.9% |
| Carrots and turnips | 224,061 | 34 | 0.5% | +21% |
| Other tropical fruits, n.e.c. | 222,383 | 17 | 0.93% | +11% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 209,549 | 43 | 0.17% | +55% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 203,991 | 52 | 0.29% | +4.0% |
| Wheat | 203,522 | 72 | 0.03% | −7.0% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 201,451 | 22 | 0.45% | +58% |
| Watermelons | 175,769 | 43 | 0.17% | +92% |
| Papayas | 167,729 | 9 | 1.14% | +13% |
| Peas, green | 157,438 | 9 | 0.72% | +18% |
| Cocoa beans | 157,252 | 8 | 3% | +93% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 128,369 | 39 | 0.33% | +3.5% |
| Artichokes | 122,918 | 5 | 7.09% | +19% |
| Apples | 115,945 | 51 | 0.12% | −28% |
| Quinoa | 114,462 | 1 | 69% | −0.2% |
| Skim milk of cows | 106,199 | 71 | 0.07% | +29% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 103,508 | 12 | 1.65% | +28% |
| Green garlic | 98,575 | 18 | 0.33% | +21% |
| Margarine and shortening | 98,237 | 23 | 0.75% | +2.3% |
| Beans, dry | 93,598 | 40 | 0.31% | +4.6% |
| Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. | 90,031 | 12 | 0.67% | +1.9% |
| Ginger | 81,707 | 8 | 1.67% | +533% |
| Wine | 81,300 | 22 | 0.33% | +16% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | 79,560 | 4 | 5.44% | +16% |
| Lettuce and chicory | 67,341 | 28 | 0.24% | +4.7% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 63,259 | 88 | 0.02% | +11% |
| Palm kernels | 63,000 | 17 | 0.33% | +24% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 61,197 | 24 | 0.63% | +4.0% |
| Cucumbers | 59,366 | 53 | 0.07% | +26% |
| Peas, dry | 56,035 | 24 | 0.4% | +6.9% |
| Cauliflower and broccoli | 55,233 | 29 | 0.21% | −17% |
| Chillies and peppers, dry | 42,828 | 16 | 0.78% | +24% |
| Strawberries | 41,524 | 27 | 0.39% | +19% |
| Coconuts, in shell | 41,011 | 38 | 0.06% | +17% |
| Peaches and nectarines | 40,401 | 36 | 0.14% | −23% |
| Turkey meat | 36,544 | 17 | 0.72% | — |
| Sheep meat | 33,625 | 48 | 0.29% | −2.3% |
| Spinach | 31,874 | 20 | 0.1% | +6.7% |
| Cabbages | 31,811 | 82 | 0.04% | −19% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 28,967 | 43 | 0.33% | +4.0% |
| Melons | 27,704 | 51 | 0.1% | +31% |
| String beans | 26,809 | 10 | 2.25% | +5.1% |
| Oats | 26,568 | 45 | 0.12% | +81% |
| Oil of palm kernel | 25,400 | 15 | 0.3% | +16% |
| Olives | 23,760 | 25 | 0.09% | −84% |
| Seed cotton | 22,596 | 47 | 0.03% | −76% |
| Lupins | 21,625 | 7 | 1.43% | +78% |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 21,259 | 24 | 0.26% | +55% |
| Goat milk | 20,303 | 62 | 0.1% | −15% |
| Leeks | 19,310 | 17 | 0.9% | −2.2% |
| Cow peas, dry | 19,224 | 19 | 0.19% | +9.3% |
| Cotton seed | 18,000 | 44 | 0.04% | −60% |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 17,517 | 60 | 0.08% | −6.2% |
| Other camelid meat | 16,971 | 2 | 49.15% | +1.2% |
| Fat of pigs | 16,399 | 29 | 0.14% | +55% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 14,197 | 26 | 0.72% | −2.3% |
| Pig fat, rendered | 13,892 | 31 | 0.23% | +64% |
| Other beans, green | 13,842 | 39 | 0.05% | −7.7% |
| Rodent meat | 13,064 | 1 | 71.32% | −2.7% |
| Grapefruit and pomelos | 12,245 | 32 | 0.12% | +96% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 11,956 | 29 | 0.55% | −2.3% |
| Cotton lint | 11,000 | 45 | 0.04% | −59% |
| Brazil nuts, in shell | 10,846 | 3 | 13.6% | +94% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 10,608 | 32 | 0.31% | +4.0% |
| Pigeon peas, dry | 9,348 | 10 | 0.2% | +226% |
| Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 8,715 | 27 | 0.42% | +11% |
| Wool, greasy | 8,031 | 32 | 0.47% | −20% |
| Cereals n.e.c. | 8,028 | 33 | 0.1% | +4.1% |
| Tallow | 7,163 | 35 | 0.09% | +1.9% |
| Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. | 6,594 | 16 | 0.2% | +1.2% |
| Plums | 6,362 | 57 | 0.05% | −17% |
| Butter of cow milk | 5,082 | 58 | 0.08% | +42% |
| Goat meat | 4,952 | 74 | 0.06% | −20% |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 4,884 | 75 | 0.01% | −22% |
| Quinces | 3,710 | 16 | 0.53% | −41% |
| Pears | 3,540 | 63 | 0.01% | −24% |
| Lentils, dry | 3,522 | 21 | 0.04% | +7.1% |
| Rabbit meat | 3,282 | 12 | 0.39% | −2.1% |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 3,278 | 58 | 0.05% | +48% |
| Cottonseed oil | 3,100 | 43 | 0.07% | −68% |
| Figs | 3,070 | 29 | 0.23% | +15% |
| Cheese from skimmed cow milk | 2,588 | 37 | 0.09% | +62% |
| Cashew nuts, in shell | 2,484 | 26 | 0.06% | −9.9% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 2,476 | 48 | 0.17% | −20% |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | 2,474 | 70 | 0.06% | −8.5% |
| Soybeans | 2,230 | 80 | 0% | +5.2% |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | 2,090 | 46 | 0.09% | −23% |
| Tea leaves | 2,030 | 33 | 0.01% | −48% |
| Other nuts | 1,774 | 47 | 0.16% | +3.7% |
| Honey | 1,672 | 72 | 0.08% | +4.5% |
| Whole milk, condensed | 1,561 | 37 | 0.08% | — |
| Sour cherries | 1,395 | 26 | 0.09% | +11% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 1,236 | 52 | 0.19% | — |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 1,135 | 64 | 0.07% | −20% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 1,046 | 48 | 0.16% | −2.3% |
| Soya bean oil | 1,026 | 94 | 0% | +36% |
| Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed | 976 | 28 | 0.21% | −16% |
| Yautia | 839 | 11 | 0.22% | −86% |
| Linseed | 734 | 34 | 0.02% | −34% |
| Apricots | 679 | 59 | 0.01% | +169% |
| Chick peas, dry | 676 | 37 | 0% | −58% |
| Chestnuts, in shell | 617 | 17 | 0.03% | +1.1% |
| Tea, packed | 502 | 71 | 0.01% | — |
| Dates | 461 | 33 | 0% | +124% |
| Pepper (black, white) | 447 | 29 | 0.05% | +42% |
| Eggplants | 423 | 86 | 0% | +31% |
| Olive oil | 279 | 32 | 0.01% | −36% |
| Jute, raw or retted | 241 | 14 | 0.01% | −6.2% |
| Sorghum | 240 | 98 | 0% | −43% |
| Sesame seed | 227 | 62 | 0% | +6.6% |
| Walnuts, in shell | 222 | 49 | 0.01% | −33% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 144 | 71 | 0.05% | −20% |
| Anise, coriander, cumin and fennel | 77 | 30 | 0% | −72% |
| Rye | 47 | 61 | 0% | −58% |
| Cherries | 3 | 63 | 0% | 0.0% |
Live animals, 2024
| Product | Head | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chickens | 194,759,000 | 27 | 0.7% | +36% |
| Other rodents | 18,438,000 | 1 | 97.74% | −0.3% |
| Sheep | 11,278,083 | 33 | 0.83% | −9.0% |
| Cattle | 5,842,166 | 45 | 0.37% | +4.7% |
| Other camelids | 5,602,727 | 1 | 64.98% | +1.4% |
| Pigs | 3,519,668 | 32 | 0.37% | +9.9% |
| Goats | 1,749,263 | 66 | 0.15% | −8.2% |
| Rabbits and hares | 1,123,000 | 11 | 0.53% | +2.1% |
| Horses | 751,041 | 14 | 1.34% | +1.1% |
| Asses | 650,192 | 18 | 1.21% | +1.6% |
| Mules and hinnies | 311,479 | 5 | 4.04% | +1.5% |
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.