Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Cameroon
Cameroon: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 16,147 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 16,147 ha for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Cameroon peaked at 16,378 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,965 ha, in 1999.
Cameroon ranks 14th of 65 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,800 ha | +16.0% |
| 1965 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,600 ha | +13.8% |
| 1968 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 7,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1971 | 8,300 ha | +10.7% |
| 1972 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 8,569 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 8,000 ha | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 7,429 ha | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 7,200 ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 6,460 ha | -10.3% |
| 1995 | 6,200 ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 5,589 ha | -9.9% |
| 1997 | 5,300 ha | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 4,425 ha | -16.5% |
| 1999 | 2,965 ha | -33.0% |
| 2000 | 4,566 ha | +54.0% |
| 2001 | 4,500 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 6,700 ha | +42.6% |
| 2004 | 6,765 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 6,300 ha | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 6,900 ha | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 10,076 ha | +46.0% |
| 2008 | 11,038 ha | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 11,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 11,583 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 13,001 ha | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 13,853 ha | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 14,559 ha | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 15,506 ha | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 16,326 ha | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 15,464 ha | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 15,252 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 16,241 ha | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 16,378 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 15,932 ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 16,184 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 16,165 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 16,093 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 16,147 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,800 ha | 5,000 ha | 6,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,220 ha | 7,500 ha | 8,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,300 ha | 8,300 ha | 8,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,214 ha | 2,965 ha | 8,569 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,304 ha | 4,500 ha | 11,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,816 ha | 11,583 ha | 16,378 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,104 ha | 15,932 ha | 16,184 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Cameroon?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Cameroon was 16,147 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 16,378 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,965 ha in 1999.
- How does Cameroon rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Cameroon ranks 14th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.