Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Egypt
Egypt: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 17,052 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Egypt, 1961–2024
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 Egypt stood at 17,052 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Egypt peaked at 17,500 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 7,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Egypt 13th out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 7,800 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 9,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1966 | 9,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 10,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 12,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 12,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 14,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 15,189 ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 15,552 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 15,834 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 17,500 ha | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 16,304 ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 16,357 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 17,244 ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 16,635 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 16,667 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 16,754 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 16,744 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 16,774 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 16,971 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 16,986 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 17,020 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 17,052 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,778 ha | 7,500 ha | 10,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,850 ha | 10,000 ha | 11,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,700 ha | 11,500 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,450 ha | 13,000 ha | 14,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,569 ha | 14,500 ha | 15,189 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,559 ha | 15,552 ha | 17,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,961 ha | 16,774 ha | 17,052 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Egypt?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Egypt was 17,052 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 17,500 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Egypt ranks 13th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.