Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Madagascar
Madagascar: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 1,760 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 1,760 ha for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Madagascar peaked at 4,145 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1,741 ha, in 2020.
Madagascar ranks 44th 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 Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,355 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 4,038 ha | +20.4% |
| 1992 | 4,064 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 4,145 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 3,891 ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 3,972 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 3,854 ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 3,695 ha | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 3,701 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 3,748 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 3,402 ha | -9.2% |
| 2001 | 3,361 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 3,375 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 3,348 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 3,358 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 3,346 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 3,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 3,152 ha | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 2,872 ha | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 2,595 ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 2,321 ha | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 1,900 ha | -18.1% |
| 2013 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,835 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 1,831 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,772 ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 1,813 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 1,793 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,767 ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 1,741 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,767 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 1,758 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,755 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,760 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,322 ha | 2,100 ha | 2,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,780 ha | 2,600 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,240 ha | 3,100 ha | 3,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,846 ha | 3,355 ha | 4,145 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,311 ha | 2,872 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,953 ha | 1,767 ha | 2,595 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,756 ha | 1,741 ha | 1,767 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.217 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 130.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.671 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Madagascar?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Madagascar was 1,760 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 4,145 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,741 ha in 2020.
- How does Madagascar rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Madagascar ranks 44th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.