Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Jamaica
Jamaica: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 1,331 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 1,331 ha for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in 2024.
The figure is down 3.8% on the previous year and up 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Jamaica peaked at 1,800 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 491 ha, in 2002.
Jamaica ranks 46th of 65 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,170 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,160 ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 1,300 ha | +12.1% |
| 1972 | 1,280 ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 1,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 1,370 ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 1,380 ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 1,380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 1,590 ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 1,410 ha | -11.3% |
| 1980 | 1,380 ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 1,410 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 1,370 ha | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 1,590 ha | +16.1% |
| 1984 | 1,800 ha | +13.2% |
| 1985 | 1,600 ha | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 1,450 ha | -9.4% |
| 1987 | 1,410 ha | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 1,460 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 1,450 ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 702 ha | -51.6% |
| 1991 | 560 ha | -20.2% |
| 1992 | 680 ha | +21.4% |
| 1993 | 734 ha | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 963 ha | +31.2% |
| 1995 | 996 ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 1,108 ha | +11.2% |
| 1997 | 914 ha | -17.5% |
| 1998 | 821 ha | -10.2% |
| 1999 | 730 ha | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 537 ha | -26.4% |
| 2001 | 552 ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 491 ha | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 594 ha | +21.0% |
| 2004 | 499 ha | -16.0% |
| 2005 | 537 ha | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 738 ha | +37.4% |
| 2007 | 659 ha | -10.7% |
| 2008 | 526 ha | -20.2% |
| 2009 | 877 ha | +66.7% |
| 2010 | 952 ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 923 ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 1,069 ha | +15.8% |
| 2013 | 1,161 ha | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 1,038 ha | -10.6% |
| 2015 | 986 ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 1,121 ha | +13.7% |
| 2017 | 1,038 ha | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 1,111 ha | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 1,213 ha | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 1,284 ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 1,403 ha | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 1,429 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 1,383 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 1,331 ha | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,170 ha | 1,170 ha | 1,170 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,367 ha | 1,160 ha | 1,590 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,492 ha | 1,370 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 820.8 ha | 560 ha | 1,108 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 601 ha | 491 ha | 877 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,061 ha | 923 ha | 1,213 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,366 ha | 1,284 ha | 1,429 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 43 Serbia 1,863 ha compare
- 44 Madagascar 1,760 ha compare
- 45 Morocco 1,422 ha compare
- 47 Sierra Leone 950 ha compare
- 48 North Macedonia 787 ha compare
- 49 Senegal 688 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Jamaica?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Jamaica was 1,331 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,800 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 491 ha in 2002.
- How does Jamaica rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Jamaica ranks 46th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.