Brazil vs Peru: Oil palm fruit yields
Brazil
14.52 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Peru
14.69 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Brazil rank
11th
Peru rank
10th
Oil palm fruit yields over time
- Brazil
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 14.69 tonnes per hectare against 14.52 tonnes per hectare in Brazil, a difference of 0.17 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 11th and Peru ranks 10th of 44 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Peru in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.42 tonnes per hectare | 6.09 tonnes per hectare | 4.33 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 1980s | 10.65 tonnes per hectare | 17.11 tonnes per hectare | 6.45 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 1990s | 9.29 tonnes per hectare | 23.75 tonnes per hectare | 14.46 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 2000s | 10.21 tonnes per hectare | 18.12 tonnes per hectare | 7.91 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 2010s | 12.39 tonnes per hectare | 13.93 tonnes per hectare | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 2020s | 14.5 tonnes per hectare | 14.26 tonnes per hectare | 0.2396 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit yields, Brazil or Peru?
- Peru, at 14.69 tonnes per hectare against 14.52 tonnes per hectare in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit yields between Brazil and Peru?
- 0.17 tonnes per hectare, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Peru?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Peru rank globally for oil palm fruit yields?
- Brazil ranks 11th and Peru ranks 10th of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Oil palm fruit yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.