Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 33,937 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Northern 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 Northern Africa stood at 33,937 ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Northern Africa peaked at 36,343 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 8,350 ha, in 1961.
Northern Africa ranks 14th of 27 groups 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 8,450 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 8,650 ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 9,850 ha | +13.9% |
| 1966 | 10,450 ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 10,850 ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 10,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11,850 ha | +9.2% |
| 1974 | 11,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 11,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 11,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 12,350 ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 12,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 12,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 13,350 ha | +8.1% |
| 1982 | 13,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 13,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 13,850 ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 27,650 ha | +99.6% |
| 1986 | 27,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 27,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 27,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 27,700 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 27,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 27,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 27,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 27,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 27,907 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 28,090 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 28,580 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 29,112 ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 29,797 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 29,949 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 30,143 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 30,200 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 30,300 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 30,400 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 30,418 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 30,550 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 30,408 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 30,785 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 32,118 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 32,729 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 33,565 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 36,343 ha | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 32,300 ha | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 31,854 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 32,765 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 34,203 ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 32,940 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 33,327 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 33,670 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 33,709 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 33,990 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 33,899 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 33,868 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 33,966 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 33,937 ha | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Northern Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +99.6% | 13,850 ha | 27,650 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,628 ha | 8,350 ha | 10,850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,700 ha | 10,850 ha | 12,350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,455 ha | 12,350 ha | 27,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,424 ha | 27,700 ha | 29,949 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,805 ha | 30,143 ha | 32,729 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,468 ha | 31,854 ha | 36,343 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,932 ha | 33,868 ha | 33,990 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Northern Africa?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Northern Africa was 33,937 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 36,343 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,350 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Northern Africa ranks 14th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.