Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in China
China: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 49,186 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in China, 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 China is 49,186 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in China peaked at 49,800 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 18,000 ha, in 1963.
China ranks 9th 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 China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 20,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 20,500 ha | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 22,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 21,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 22,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 23,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 23,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 24,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 23,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 24,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 26,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 25,500 ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 25,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 29,000 ha | +16.0% |
| 1987 | 27,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 28,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 28,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 28,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 29,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 30,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 31,034 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 29,699 ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 30,201 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 33,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 1998 | 33,418 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 34,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 35,058 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 35,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 36,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 36,648 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 36,500 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 38,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 40,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 41,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 42,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 43,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 43,125 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 43,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 44,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 45,015 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 45,754 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 46,716 ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 47,916 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 48,865 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 49,800 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 48,860 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 49,175 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 49,278 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 49,105 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 49,186 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,944 ha | 18,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,400 ha | 20,500 ha | 24,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,000 ha | 24,000 ha | 29,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,685 ha | 28,000 ha | 34,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,571 ha | 35,000 ha | 42,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,719 ha | 43,000 ha | 49,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,121 ha | 48,860 ha | 49,278 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 6 Thailand 85,334 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 6,890 ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,295 ha compare
- 7 Romania 55,293 ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 49,604 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 3,041 ha compare
- 9 China, mainland 49,186 ha compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,532 ha compare
- 11 Nigeria 37,087 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 752 ha compare
- 12 Mexico 30,744 ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 1 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in China?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in China was 49,186 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 49,800 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,000 ha in 1963.
- How does China rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- China ranks 9th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.