Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Spain
Spain: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 2,107 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Spain, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Spain is 2,107 ha, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of up 8.1% on the previous year and up 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Spain peaked at 14,200 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 1,541 ha, in 2014.
Spain ranks 38th of 65 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,700 ha | +14.1% |
| 1963 | 10,200 ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 9,900 ha | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 8,500 ha | -14.1% |
| 1966 | 7,800 ha | -8.2% |
| 1967 | 9,600 ha | +23.1% |
| 1968 | 7,400 ha | -22.9% |
| 1969 | 7,100 ha | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 7,700 ha | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 10,300 ha | +33.8% |
| 1972 | 9,700 ha | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 13,400 ha | +38.1% |
| 1974 | 11,800 ha | -11.9% |
| 1975 | 11,700 ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 11,200 ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 12,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 14,200 ha | +18.3% |
| 1979 | 11,634 ha | -18.1% |
| 1980 | 8,800 ha | -24.4% |
| 1981 | 8,300 ha | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 8,700 ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 6,700 ha | -23.0% |
| 1984 | 7,050 ha | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 9,274 ha | +31.5% |
| 1986 | 9,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 7,546 ha | -17.1% |
| 1988 | 7,791 ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 6,579 ha | -15.6% |
| 1990 | 5,697 ha | -13.4% |
| 1991 | 4,881 ha | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 3,410 ha | -30.1% |
| 1993 | 3,295 ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 2,856 ha | -13.3% |
| 1995 | 2,415 ha | -15.4% |
| 1996 | 2,097 ha | -13.2% |
| 1997 | 3,457 ha | +64.9% |
| 1998 | 3,790 ha | +9.6% |
| 1999 | 4,011 ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 3,726 ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 3,217 ha | -13.7% |
| 2002 | 2,863 ha | -11.0% |
| 2003 | 2,583 ha | -9.8% |
| 2004 | 2,685 ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 2,633 ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 2,074 ha | -21.2% |
| 2007 | 1,687 ha | -18.7% |
| 2008 | 1,722 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 1,782 ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 1,708 ha | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 1,858 ha | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 1,769 ha | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 1,553 ha | -12.2% |
| 2014 | 1,541 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 1,683 ha | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 1,950 ha | +15.9% |
| 2017 | 2,107 ha | +8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,744 ha | 7,100 ha | 10,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,363 ha | 7,700 ha | 14,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,984 ha | 6,579 ha | 9,274 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,591 ha | 2,097 ha | 5,697 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,497 ha | 1,687 ha | 3,726 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,771 ha | 1,541 ha | 2,107 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Spain?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Spain was 2,107 ha in 2017, 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 14,200 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,541 ha in 2014.
- How does Spain rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Spain ranks 38th out of 65 countries with data for 2017.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Spain 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.