Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Caribbean
Caribbean: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 1,331 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Caribbean, 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 Caribbean is 1,331 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Caribbean peaked at 1,800 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 533 ha, in 2008.
Caribbean ranks 23rd of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,170 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,160 ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 1,300 ha | +12.1% |
| 1972 | 1,280 ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 1,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 1,370 ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 1,380 ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 1,380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 1,590 ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 1,410 ha | -11.3% |
| 1980 | 1,380 ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 1,410 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 1,370 ha | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 1,590 ha | +16.1% |
| 1984 | 1,800 ha | +13.2% |
| 1985 | 1,612 ha | -10.4% |
| 1986 | 1,462 ha | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 1,422 ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 1,472 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 1,462 ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 715 ha | -51.1% |
| 1991 | 570 ha | -20.3% |
| 1992 | 692 ha | +21.4% |
| 1993 | 746 ha | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 976 ha | +30.8% |
| 1995 | 1,041 ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 1,155 ha | +11.0% |
| 1997 | 960 ha | -16.9% |
| 1998 | 867 ha | -9.7% |
| 1999 | 777 ha | -10.4% |
| 2000 | 587 ha | -24.5% |
| 2001 | 606 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 548 ha | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 655 ha | +19.5% |
| 2004 | 567 ha | -13.4% |
| 2005 | 612 ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 828 ha | +35.3% |
| 2007 | 666 ha | -19.6% |
| 2008 | 533 ha | -20.0% |
| 2009 | 884 ha | +65.9% |
| 2010 | 958 ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 929 ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 1,075 ha | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 1,166 ha | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 1,043 ha | -10.5% |
| 2015 | 991 ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 1,124 ha | +13.4% |
| 2017 | 1,046 ha | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 1,115 ha | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 1,215 ha | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 1,287 ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 1,404 ha | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 1,429 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 1,383 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 1,331 ha | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,170 ha | 1,170 ha | 1,170 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,367 ha | 1,160 ha | 1,590 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,498 ha | 1,370 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 849.9 ha | 570 ha | 1,155 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 648.6 ha | 533 ha | 884 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,066 ha | 929 ha | 1,215 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,367 ha | 1,287 ha | 1,429 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 20 South Africa 8,292 ha compare
- 21 Tunisia 8,277 ha compare
- 22 Sudan (former) 7,951 ha compare
- 23 Peru 6,874 ha compare
- 24 Cabo Verde 123 ha compare
- 24 Uzbekistan 5,965 ha compare
- 25 Mali 5,350 ha compare
- 26 Niger 5,172 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Caribbean?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Caribbean was 1,331 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1,800 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 533 ha in 2008.
- How does Caribbean rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Caribbean ranks 23rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.