Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 26,901 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Middle Africa, 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 Middle Africa stood at 26,901 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Middle Africa peaked at 26,901 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,000 ha, in 1961.
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 Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 8,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 9,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 9,050 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 9,100 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 9,900 ha | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 10,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 10,800 ha | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 11,600 ha | +7.4% |
| 1972 | 11,800 ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 11,900 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 12,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 12,350 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 12,220 ha | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 12,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 11,820 ha | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 13,300 ha | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 13,400 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 13,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 13,700 ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 14,200 ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 14,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 14,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 14,600 ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 14,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 15,300 ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 15,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 16,002 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 15,675 ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 15,136 ha | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 15,207 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 14,566 ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 14,806 ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 13,895 ha | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 13,408 ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 12,335 ha | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 10,972 ha | -11.0% |
| 2000 | 12,866 ha | +17.3% |
| 2001 | 12,998 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 13,307 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 14,895 ha | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 15,017 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 14,875 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 15,279 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 18,874 ha | +23.5% |
| 2008 | 20,233 ha | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 20,988 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 21,253 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 22,990 ha | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 23,933 ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 24,845 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 25,788 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 26,562 ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 25,735 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 25,567 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 26,609 ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 26,831 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 26,473 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 26,796 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 26,805 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 26,790 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 26,901 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,039 ha | 8,000 ha | 10,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,019 ha | 10,800 ha | 13,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,340 ha | 13,400 ha | 15,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,200 ha | 10,972 ha | 16,002 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,933 ha | 12,866 ha | 20,988 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,011 ha | 21,253 ha | 26,831 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,753 ha | 26,473 ha | 26,901 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 India 965,612 ha compare
- 2 Ethiopia PDR 280,000 ha compare
- 3 Ethiopia 177,971 ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 69,657 ha compare
- 4 Myanmar 106,333 ha compare
- 5 Bangladesh 99,066 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,679 ha compare
- 6 Thailand 85,334 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 6,890 ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,295 ha compare
- 7 Romania 55,293 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Middle Africa?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Middle Africa was 26,901 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 26,901 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Middle Africa ranks 4th out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.