Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Ghana
Ghana: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 14,945 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Ghana, 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 Ghana stood at 14,945 ha.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Ghana peaked at 25,570 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 4,274 ha, in 1991.
Ghana ranks 15th 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 Ghana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,670 ha | +26.0% |
| 1967 | 8,500 ha | +49.9% |
| 1968 | 8,903 ha | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 8,900 ha | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 8,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,100 ha | +13.5% |
| 1972 | 11,300 ha | +11.9% |
| 1973 | 15,000 ha | +32.7% |
| 1974 | 13,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1975 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 14,803 ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 4,274 ha | -71.1% |
| 1992 | 7,416 ha | +73.5% |
| 1993 | 11,927 ha | +60.8% |
| 1994 | 18,803 ha | +57.7% |
| 1995 | 25,570 ha | +36.0% |
| 1996 | 24,907 ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 18,452 ha | -25.9% |
| 1998 | 14,992 ha | -18.8% |
| 1999 | 14,000 ha | -6.6% |
| 2000 | 13,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 12,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 12,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 11,500 ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 11,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 10,560 ha | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 12,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 2007 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 12,736 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 13,308 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 13,746 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 13,500 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 13,980 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 14,181 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 14,910 ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 14,357 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 14,442 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 14,572 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 14,723 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 14,900 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 14,769 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 14,834 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 14,890 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 14,945 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,053 ha | 4,500 ha | 8,903 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,330 ha | 8,900 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,900 ha | 13,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,514 ha | 4,274 ha | 25,570 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,110 ha | 10,560 ha | 13,308 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,241 ha | 13,500 ha | 14,910 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,868 ha | 14,769 ha | 14,945 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Ghana?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Ghana was 14,945 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 25,570 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,274 ha in 1991.
- How does Ghana rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Ghana ranks 15th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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.