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Peru (PER)

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IndicatorValueRankYear
Prevalence of undernourishment6.9982023
Cereal yield4,851492024
Agricultural land19.051562023
Food production index128.07262022
Employment in agriculture23.131122025

What each indicator means

Prevalence of undernourishment
Share of the population whose food intake is persistently below the energy needed for a healthy life.
Cereal yield
Cereal harvested per hectare of land — a measure of how productive the land is.
Agricultural land
Share of land area used as cropland, permanent crops or pasture.
Food production index
Output of edible crops and livestock, indexed to a base period of 100.
Employment in agriculture
Share of employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing. It tends to fall as incomes rise.

Where this country stands

For each indicator below, the country's figure is placed against all 210 countries and areas covered by the same source. The median is the middle value once every country is ordered by that indicator.

IndicatorValueRankMedianRanked 1stRanked last
Prevalence of undernourishment6.9 %98 / 1695.3 %Algeria 2.5Haiti 54.2
Cereal yield4,851 kg/ha49 / 1813,310 kg/haOman 29,147Cape Verde 40.3
Agricultural land19.05 %156 / 21037.96 %Côte d’Ivoire 86.48Suriname 0.45
Food production index128.07 index26 / 195106.08 indexSenegal 177.49Gambia 71.08
Employment in agriculture23.13 %112 / 18714.39 %Singapore 0.1Burundi 85.34

Countries ranked next to it: Iran, Ukraine, Argentina, Papua New Guinea, Montenegro, Puerto Rico, Togo, Nicaragua