Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 8,292 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Southern 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 Southern Africa stood at 8,292 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Southern Africa peaked at 10,000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 4,600 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 18th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 4,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 4,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 5,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 5,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 5,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 5,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,983 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 6,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 6,549 ha | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 7,300 ha | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 7,340 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 7,414 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 7,465 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 7,530 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 7,630 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 7,650 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 8,187 ha | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 8,652 ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 8,922 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 9,175 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 9,366 ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 9,555 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 9,633 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 10,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8,539 ha | -14.6% |
| 2011 | 8,000 ha | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 8,797 ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 9,008 ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 8,405 ha | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 8,737 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 9,068 ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 8,737 ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 8,447 ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 8,751 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 8,427 ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 8,363 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 8,327 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 8,292 ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,956 ha | 4,600 ha | 5,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,600 ha | 5,400 ha | 5,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,800 ha | 5,800 ha | 5,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,086 ha | 5,983 ha | 7,650 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,349 ha | 8,187 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,624 ha | 8,000 ha | 9,068 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,432 ha | 8,292 ha | 8,751 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Southern Africa?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Southern Africa was 8,292 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Southern Africa ranks 18th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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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About this data
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.