Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Malawi
Malawi: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 2,021 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Malawi, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 2,021 ha for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Malawi peaked at 5,718 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 800 ha, in 1990.
That places Malawi 40th out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 800 ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,548 ha | +93.5% |
| 1992 | 1,588 ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 1,000 ha | -37.0% |
| 1994 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1995 | 1,900 ha | +58.3% |
| 1996 | 3,000 ha | +57.9% |
| 1997 | 3,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 3,326 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 3,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 2,946 ha | -13.4% |
| 2001 | 3,082 ha | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 2,977 ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 3,056 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 3,303 ha | +8.1% |
| 2005 | 3,206 ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 3,638 ha | +13.5% |
| 2007 | 3,400 ha | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 5,718 ha | +68.2% |
| 2009 | 4,802 ha | -16.0% |
| 2010 | 3,921 ha | -18.3% |
| 2011 | 2,956 ha | -24.6% |
| 2012 | 3,238 ha | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 3,238 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,748 ha | -15.1% |
| 2015 | 2,472 ha | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 1,917 ha | -22.5% |
| 2017 | 2,300 ha | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 1,894 ha | -17.7% |
| 2019 | 2,037 ha | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 2,064 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 1,998 ha | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 2,033 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 2,032 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,021 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,106 ha | 800 ha | 3,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,613 ha | 2,946 ha | 5,718 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,672 ha | 1,894 ha | 3,921 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,030 ha | 1,998 ha | 2,064 ha | 5 |
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Malawi?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Malawi was 2,021 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 5,718 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 ha in 1990.
- How does Malawi rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Malawi ranks 40th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.