Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 5,470 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 5,470 ha for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Southern Europe peaked at 21,683 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 5,410 ha, in 2019.
Southern Europe ranks 21st of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,810 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,690 ha | +15.9% |
| 1963 | 15,590 ha | +13.9% |
| 1964 | 16,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 13,440 ha | -17.3% |
| 1966 | 10,340 ha | -23.1% |
| 1967 | 15,340 ha | +48.4% |
| 1968 | 14,490 ha | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 13,191 ha | -9.0% |
| 1970 | 12,450 ha | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 15,499 ha | +24.5% |
| 1972 | 16,564 ha | +6.9% |
| 1973 | 21,683 ha | +30.9% |
| 1974 | 17,681 ha | -18.5% |
| 1975 | 15,315 ha | -13.4% |
| 1976 | 15,373 ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 16,671 ha | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 19,030 ha | +14.2% |
| 1979 | 18,249 ha | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 15,057 ha | -17.5% |
| 1981 | 13,194 ha | -12.4% |
| 1982 | 12,928 ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 10,900 ha | -15.7% |
| 1984 | 11,250 ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 13,754 ha | +22.3% |
| 1986 | 13,520 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 12,504 ha | -7.5% |
| 1988 | 12,205 ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 10,865 ha | -11.0% |
| 1990 | 9,784 ha | -9.9% |
| 1991 | 8,986 ha | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 12,760 ha | +42.0% |
| 1993 | 13,136 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 11,969 ha | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 11,446 ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 11,234 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 13,256 ha | +18.0% |
| 1998 | 14,211 ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 13,589 ha | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 12,765 ha | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 12,335 ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 11,063 ha | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 11,169 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 11,334 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 11,243 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 8,223 ha | -26.9% |
| 2007 | 8,003 ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 7,999 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 7,984 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 7,838 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 7,915 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 7,979 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 7,734 ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 7,450 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 7,620 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 7,842 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 7,962 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 5,519 ha | -30.7% |
| 2019 | 5,410 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 5,451 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 5,471 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 5,458 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 5,469 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 5,470 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,793 ha | 10,340 ha | 16,250 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,852 ha | 12,450 ha | 21,683 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,618 ha | 10,865 ha | 15,057 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,037 ha | 8,986 ha | 14,211 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,212 ha | 7,984 ha | 12,765 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,327 ha | 5,410 ha | 7,979 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,464 ha | 5,451 ha | 5,471 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 18 Togo 8,501 ha compare
- 19 Nepal 8,382 ha compare
- 20 South Africa 8,292 ha compare
- 21 Tunisia 8,277 ha compare
- 22 Sudan (former) 7,951 ha compare
- 23 Peru 6,874 ha compare
- 24 Cabo Verde 123 ha compare
- 24 Uzbekistan 5,965 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Southern Europe?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Southern Europe was 5,470 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 21,683 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,410 ha in 2019.
- How does Southern Europe rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Southern Europe ranks 21st out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.