Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Nepal
Nepal: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 8,382 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Nepal, 1985–2024
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 Nepal stood at 8,382 ha.
The figure is down 26.1% on the previous year and up 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Nepal peaked at 26,000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6,680 ha, in 2014.
Nepal ranks 19th of 65 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 15,500 ha | — |
| 1986 | 15,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 14,030 ha | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 14,071 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 14,777 ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 15,626 ha | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 16,300 ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 16,897 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 19,006 ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 20,143 ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 16,100 ha | -20.1% |
| 1999 | 16,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 20,982 ha | +27.2% |
| 2001 | 17,000 ha | -19.0% |
| 2002 | 20,416 ha | +20.1% |
| 2003 | 17,500 ha | -14.3% |
| 2004 | 17,600 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 17,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 18,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 11,651 ha | -44.5% |
| 2010 | 10,742 ha | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 10,558 ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 26,000 ha | +146.3% |
| 2013 | 6,691 ha | -74.3% |
| 2014 | 6,680 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 8,033 ha | +20.3% |
| 2016 | 7,707 ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 10,077 ha | +30.8% |
| 2018 | 10,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 10,690 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 10,276 ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 12,525 ha | +21.9% |
| 2022 | 12,870 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 11,349 ha | -11.8% |
| 2024 | 8,382 ha | -26.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15,500 ha | 15,500 ha | 15,500 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 16,345 ha | 14,030 ha | 20,143 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,195 ha | 11,651 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,768 ha | 6,680 ha | 26,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,080 ha | 8,382 ha | 12,870 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 16 Cambodia 14,448 ha compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 26,575 ha compare
- 17 Benin 12,013 ha compare
- 18 Togo 8,501 ha compare
- 20 South Africa 8,292 ha compare
- 21 Tunisia 8,277 ha compare
- 22 Sudan (former) 7,951 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2156 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 331.1 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7937 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.33 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Nepal?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Nepal was 8,382 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 26,000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,680 ha in 2014.
- How does Nepal rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Nepal ranks 19th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal 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.