Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Asia
Asia: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 1.47 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Asia is 1.47 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 8.2% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Asia peaked at 1.47 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 814,762 ha, in 1961.
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 Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 814,762 ha | — |
| 1962 | 856,952 ha | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 961,433 ha | +12.2% |
| 1964 | 931,635 ha | -3.1% |
| 1965 | 870,931 ha | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 956,525 ha | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 1.01 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 896,947 ha | -11.0% |
| 1969 | 927,242 ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 1.06 million ha | +14.2% |
| 1971 | 1.01 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 948,983 ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 999,231 ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 922,736 ha | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 1.02 million ha | +10.3% |
| 1976 | 1.07 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 1.08 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 1.13 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 1.15 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 1.14 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 1.10 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 1.11 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 1.11 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 1.11 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 1.23 million ha | +11.4% |
| 1986 | 1.16 million ha | -5.9% |
| 1987 | 1.05 million ha | -9.2% |
| 1988 | 1.11 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 1.23 million ha | +10.7% |
| 1990 | 1.15 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 1.20 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 1.28 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 1.29 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 1.19 million ha | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 1.23 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 1.31 million ha | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 1.21 million ha | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 1.25 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 1.45 million ha | +16.0% |
| 2000 | 1.39 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 1.41 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 1.37 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 1.31 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 1.28 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 1.21 million ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 1.28 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 1.36 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 1.29 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 1.27 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 1.28 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.27 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.31 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 1.27 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 1.27 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.27 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.33 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 1.36 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 1.28 million ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 1.29 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1.14 million ha | -11.9% |
| 2021 | 1.22 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 1.20 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 1.36 million ha | +13.5% |
| 2024 | 1.47 million ha | +8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 913,769 ha | 814,762 ha | 1.01 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.04 million ha | 922,736 ha | 1.15 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.14 million ha | 1.05 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.26 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 1.45 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.32 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.29 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.28 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 1.47 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Asia?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Asia was 1.47 million 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.47 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 814,762 ha in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.