Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in India
India: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 965,612 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in India, 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 India stood at 965,612 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.3% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in India peaked at 965,612 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 616,000 ha, in 1961.
India ranks 1st of 65 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 616,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 637,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 748,000 ha | +17.4% |
| 1964 | 716,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 634,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 1966 | 721,000 ha | +13.7% |
| 1967 | 788,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 1968 | 663,000 ha | -15.9% |
| 1969 | 682,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 783,400 ha | +14.9% |
| 1971 | 753,100 ha | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 682,400 ha | -9.4% |
| 1973 | 738,800 ha | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 685,600 ha | -7.2% |
| 1975 | 739,800 ha | +7.9% |
| 1976 | 781,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 790,900 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 826,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 853,900 ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 834,800 ha | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 806,400 ha | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 818,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 808,100 ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 794,800 ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 904,100 ha | +13.8% |
| 1986 | 834,600 ha | -7.7% |
| 1987 | 743,200 ha | -11.0% |
| 1988 | 805,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 907,800 ha | +12.8% |
| 1990 | 816,200 ha | -10.1% |
| 1991 | 846,600 ha | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 962,100 ha | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 930,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 829,100 ha | -10.8% |
| 1995 | 883,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 944,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 840,600 ha | -11.0% |
| 1998 | 891,200 ha | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 959,200 ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 836,500 ha | -12.8% |
| 2001 | 880,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 828,600 ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 774,300 ha | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 737,500 ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 654,900 ha | -11.2% |
| 2006 | 758,000 ha | +15.7% |
| 2007 | 808,170 ha | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 779,050 ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 767,230 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 792,100 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 804,792 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 793,590 ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 775,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 775,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 761,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 811,140 ha | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 840,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 752,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 780,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 626,000 ha | -19.7% |
| 2021 | 702,000 ha | +12.1% |
| 2022 | 678,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 852,000 ha | +25.7% |
| 2024 | 965,612 ha | +13.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 689,444 ha | 616,000 ha | 788,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 763,540 ha | 682,400 ha | 853,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 825,680 ha | 743,200 ha | 907,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 890,200 ha | 816,200 ha | 962,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 782,425 ha | 654,900 ha | 880,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 788,462 ha | 752,000 ha | 840,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 764,722 ha | 626,000 ha | 965,612 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in India?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in India was 965,612 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 965,612 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 616,000 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- India ranks 1st out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.