Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Kenya
Kenya: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 2,491 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Kenya, 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 Kenya stood at 2,491 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Kenya peaked at 5,414 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2,472 ha, in 2020.
That places Kenya 37th out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1968 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 3,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 4,300 ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 4,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 4,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 4,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 5,283 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 5,360 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 5,414 ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 5,325 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 5,243 ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 5,157 ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 5,268 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 5,353 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 5,300 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 5,200 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 5,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 4,973 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 4,948 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 5,028 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 5,037 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 5,048 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 5,065 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 5,100 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,423 ha | -13.3% |
| 2010 | 3,804 ha | -14.0% |
| 2011 | 3,198 ha | -15.9% |
| 2012 | 2,500 ha | -21.8% |
| 2013 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,480 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 2,665 ha | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 2,548 ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 2,565 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2,531 ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 2,495 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 2,472 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 2,499 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 2,489 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,486 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,491 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,222 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,750 ha | 3,300 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,000 ha | 4,700 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,290 ha | 5,157 ha | 5,414 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,982 ha | 4,423 ha | 5,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,729 ha | 2,480 ha | 3,804 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,487 ha | 2,472 ha | 2,499 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Kenya?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Kenya was 2,491 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 5,414 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,472 ha in 2020.
- How does Kenya rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Kenya ranks 37th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya 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.