Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 10,679 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 10,679 ha for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 10,679 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,000 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 3,250 ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 3,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 3,300 ha | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 3,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 4,050 ha | +6.6% |
| 1976 | 3,920 ha | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 4,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 3,520 ha | -12.0% |
| 1979 | 5,000 ha | +42.0% |
| 1980 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 5,300 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 5,900 ha | +9.3% |
| 1984 | 5,700 ha | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 6,200 ha | +6.9% |
| 1987 | 6,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 6,900 ha | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 7,100 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 7,330 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 7,570 ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 7,600 ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 7,900 ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 8,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 8,200 ha | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 8,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 7,800 ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 7,900 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 8,188 ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 8,391 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 8,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 8,088 ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 8,146 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 8,470 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 8,269 ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 8,700 ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 9,100 ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 9,400 ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 9,581 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 9,900 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 10,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 10,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 10,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10,155 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 10,192 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 10,238 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 10,291 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 10,378 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 10,466 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 10,537 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 10,565 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 10,622 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 10,679 ha | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Democratic Republic of the Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +42.0% | 3,520 ha | 5,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,239 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,799 ha | 3,300 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,990 ha | 5,100 ha | 7,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,880 ha | 7,330 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,525 ha | 8,088 ha | 9,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,114 ha | 9,581 ha | 10,378 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,574 ha | 10,466 ha | 10,679 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 10,679 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 10,679 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 5th out of 12 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo 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.