Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Malaysia
Malaysia: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 3,089 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Malaysia, 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 Malaysia stood at 3,089 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Malaysia peaked at 3,145 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 1964.
Malaysia ranks 33rd of 65 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 ha | -28.6% |
| 1963 | 900 ha | +80.0% |
| 1964 | 400 ha | -55.6% |
| 1965 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 900 ha | +125.0% |
| 1967 | 1,250 ha | +38.9% |
| 1968 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,600 ha | +28.0% |
| 1970 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,300 ha | -18.8% |
| 1973 | 1,100 ha | -15.4% |
| 1974 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 1,050 ha | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 1,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1981 | 1,700 ha | +13.3% |
| 1982 | 1,300 ha | -23.5% |
| 1983 | 1,900 ha | +46.2% |
| 1984 | 1,500 ha | -21.1% |
| 1985 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 1,450 ha | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 1,636 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 1,667 ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 1,698 ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 1,731 ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 1,700 ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 1,806 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 1,850 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 1,896 ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 1,944 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 1,994 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 2,046 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 2,102 ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 2,160 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 2,221 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 2,285 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 2,353 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 2,424 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 2,499 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 2,579 ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 2,663 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 2,753 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 3,000 ha | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 2,912 ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 2,985 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 3,102 ha | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 3,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 3,145 ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 3,082 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 3,076 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 3,101 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 3,086 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 3,088 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 3,092 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 3,089 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 877.78 ha | 400 ha | 1,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,185 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,545 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,753 ha | 1,600 ha | 1,944 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,266 ha | 1,994 ha | 2,579 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,972 ha | 2,663 ha | 3,145 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,091 ha | 3,086 ha | 3,101 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Malaysia?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Malaysia was 3,089 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,145 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 1964.
- How does Malaysia rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Malaysia ranks 33rd out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.