Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Americas
Americas: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 41,697 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Americas stood at 41,697 ha.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Americas peaked at 91,022 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 17,860 ha, in 1983.
Americas ranks 13th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,913 ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,844 ha | -4.1% |
| 1963 | 26,515 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 27,849 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 26,166 ha | -6.0% |
| 1966 | 27,054 ha | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 23,456 ha | -13.3% |
| 1968 | 24,252 ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 22,562 ha | -7.0% |
| 1970 | 21,448 ha | -4.9% |
| 1971 | 22,013 ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 29,566 ha | +34.3% |
| 1973 | 33,766 ha | +14.2% |
| 1974 | 31,292 ha | -7.3% |
| 1975 | 30,806 ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 32,220 ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 41,793 ha | +29.7% |
| 1978 | 42,686 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 34,091 ha | -20.1% |
| 1980 | 24,971 ha | -26.8% |
| 1981 | 27,110 ha | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 35,512 ha | +31.0% |
| 1983 | 17,860 ha | -49.7% |
| 1984 | 31,669 ha | +77.3% |
| 1985 | 37,773 ha | +19.3% |
| 1986 | 47,740 ha | +26.4% |
| 1987 | 50,895 ha | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 62,488 ha | +22.8% |
| 1989 | 69,616 ha | +11.4% |
| 1990 | 55,724 ha | -20.0% |
| 1991 | 51,113 ha | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 91,022 ha | +78.1% |
| 1993 | 73,455 ha | -19.3% |
| 1994 | 36,563 ha | -50.2% |
| 1995 | 42,642 ha | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 35,629 ha | -16.4% |
| 1997 | 53,875 ha | +51.2% |
| 1998 | 40,482 ha | -24.9% |
| 1999 | 46,749 ha | +15.5% |
| 2000 | 46,866 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 41,174 ha | -12.1% |
| 2002 | 43,990 ha | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 42,843 ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 46,984 ha | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 53,665 ha | +14.2% |
| 2006 | 51,061 ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 48,482 ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 49,237 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 47,731 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 45,351 ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 45,115 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 43,351 ha | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 41,831 ha | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 41,435 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 39,852 ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 41,377 ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 39,980 ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 40,082 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 41,657 ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 42,092 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 41,176 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 39,946 ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 40,330 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 41,697 ha | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,401 ha | 22,562 ha | 27,849 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,968 ha | 21,448 ha | 42,686 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,563 ha | 17,860 ha | 69,616 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,725 ha | 35,629 ha | 91,022 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,203 ha | 41,174 ha | 53,665 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,003 ha | 39,852 ha | 45,351 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,048 ha | 39,946 ha | 42,092 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Americas?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Americas was 41,697 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 91,022 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,860 ha in 1983.
- How does Americas rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Americas ranks 13th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — 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.