Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Bhutan
Bhutan: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 177 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Bhutan, 1985–2024
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 Bhutan stood at 177 ha.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 56.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Bhutan peaked at 1,550 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 110 ha, in 1991.
That places Bhutan 57th out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,400 ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 110 ha | -92.9% |
| 1992 | 111 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 111 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 111 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 111 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 111 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 111 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 112 ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 112 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 112 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 112 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 112 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 112 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 112 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 112 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 113 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 113 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 113 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 113 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 112 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 113 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 113 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 113 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 113 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 110 ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 125 ha | +13.6% |
| 2017 | 144 ha | +15.2% |
| 2018 | 168 ha | +16.7% |
| 2019 | 194 ha | +15.5% |
| 2020 | 169 ha | -12.9% |
| 2021 | 177 ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 180 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 175 ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 177 ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,480 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,500 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 255 ha | 110 ha | 1,550 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 112.4 ha | 112 ha | 113 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 130.5 ha | 110 ha | 194 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 175.6 ha | 169 ha | 180 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Bhutan?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Bhutan was 177 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,550 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 110 ha in 1991.
- How does Bhutan rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Bhutan ranks 57th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.