Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Uganda
Uganda: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 3,182 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 3,182 ha for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Uganda peaked at 4,200 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2,600 ha, in 2012.
Uganda ranks 31st of 65 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 4,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 3,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,962 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 3,500 ha | -11.7% |
| 1992 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 3,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 3,800 ha | -9.5% |
| 1997 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 4,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 3,989 ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 3,999 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 3,986 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 3,979 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 3,963 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 3,926 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 4,200 ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 3,787 ha | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 3,668 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 3,541 ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 3,409 ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 2,600 ha | -23.7% |
| 2013 | 3,164 ha | +21.7% |
| 2014 | 3,401 ha | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 3,076 ha | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 3,214 ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 3,202 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 3,146 ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 3,153 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 3,175 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 3,188 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 3,191 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 3,186 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 3,182 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,889 ha | 3,700 ha | 4,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,960 ha | 3,900 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,900 ha | 3,900 ha | 3,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,886 ha | 3,500 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,970 ha | 3,668 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,191 ha | 2,600 ha | 3,541 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,184 ha | 3,175 ha | 3,191 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Uganda?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Uganda was 3,182 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 4,200 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,600 ha in 2012.
- How does Uganda rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Uganda ranks 31st out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.