Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 1.12 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 1.12 million ha for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in 2024.
The figure is up 11.3% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Southern Asia peaked at 1.24 million ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 710,802 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Asia 2nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 710,802 ha | — |
| 1962 | 733,402 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 843,102 ha | +15.0% |
| 1964 | 816,002 ha | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 742,502 ha | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 818,202 ha | +10.2% |
| 1967 | 887,222 ha | +8.4% |
| 1968 | 774,422 ha | -12.7% |
| 1969 | 799,822 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 903,242 ha | +12.9% |
| 1971 | 870,942 ha | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 801,898 ha | -7.9% |
| 1973 | 849,405 ha | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 785,354 ha | -7.5% |
| 1975 | 871,019 ha | +10.9% |
| 1976 | 911,807 ha | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 920,644 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 971,030 ha | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 1.00 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 980,797 ha | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 940,208 ha | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 957,946 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 954,031 ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 938,532 ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 1.06 million ha | +13.2% |
| 1986 | 986,072 ha | -7.2% |
| 1987 | 888,397 ha | -9.9% |
| 1988 | 948,602 ha | +6.8% |
| 1989 | 1.07 million ha | +12.3% |
| 1990 | 964,252 ha | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 1.02 million ha | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 1.09 million ha | +7.3% |
| 1993 | 1.10 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 1.00 million ha | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 1.05 million ha | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 1.12 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 1.02 million ha | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 1.06 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 1.24 million ha | +16.4% |
| 2000 | 1.12 million ha | -9.7% |
| 2001 | 1.12 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1.08 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 1.02 million ha | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 967,563 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 893,637 ha | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 967,369 ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 1.04 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 969,873 ha | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 944,569 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 955,091 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 949,309 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 981,950 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 939,521 ha | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 935,592 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 927,674 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 987,307 ha | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 1.02 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 930,542 ha | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 936,558 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 795,622 ha | -15.0% |
| 2021 | 863,183 ha | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 849,080 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 1.01 million ha | +19.0% |
| 2024 | 1.12 million ha | +11.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 791,720 ha | 710,802 ha | 887,222 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 888,919 ha | 785,354 ha | 1.00 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 972,210 ha | 888,397 ha | 1.07 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 million ha | 964,252 ha | 1.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 million ha | 893,637 ha | 1.12 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 956,229 ha | 927,674 ha | 1.02 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 928,511 ha | 795,622 ha | 1.12 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Southern Asia?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Southern Asia was 1.12 million 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.24 million ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 710,802 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Southern Asia ranks 2nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.