Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Western Africa
Western Africa: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 99,391 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 99,391 ha for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Western Africa peaked at 99,391 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 33,790 ha, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 9th 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,790 ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,080 ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 34,410 ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 34,910 ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 35,380 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 36,450 ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 39,663 ha | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 40,425 ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 40,666 ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 40,530 ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 42,529 ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 42,940 ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 46,496 ha | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 44,712 ha | -3.8% |
| 1975 | 45,180 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 45,980 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 45,880 ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 46,472 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 46,790 ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 47,580 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 48,390 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 49,190 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 49,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 51,099 ha | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 68,253 ha | +33.6% |
| 1986 | 70,835 ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 73,730 ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 75,560 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 77,366 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 78,980 ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 58,754 ha | -25.6% |
| 1992 | 59,086 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 65,117 ha | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 72,463 ha | +11.3% |
| 1995 | 80,835 ha | +11.6% |
| 1996 | 81,541 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 76,378 ha | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 73,046 ha | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 71,694 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 71,436 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 72,467 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 72,090 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 72,603 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 72,901 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 70,916 ha | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 74,142 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 76,729 ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 82,053 ha | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 84,349 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 85,581 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 88,872 ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 89,492 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 88,702 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 90,763 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 94,686 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 91,582 ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 93,467 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 94,822 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 95,830 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 96,261 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 96,929 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 97,334 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 97,691 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 99,391 ha | +1.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Western Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +33.6% | 51,099 ha | 68,253 ha |
| 1991 | -25.6% | 78,980 ha | 58,754 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,642 ha | 33,790 ha | 40,666 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,751 ha | 40,530 ha | 46,790 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 61,160 ha | 47,580 ha | 77,366 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 71,789 ha | 58,754 ha | 81,541 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 74,969 ha | 70,916 ha | 84,349 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 91,380 ha | 85,581 ha | 95,830 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 97,521 ha | 96,261 ha | 99,391 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 6 Thailand 85,334 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 6,890 ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,295 ha compare
- 7 Romania 55,293 ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 49,604 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 3,041 ha compare
- 9 China 49,186 ha compare
- 9 China, mainland 49,186 ha compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,532 ha compare
- 11 Nigeria 37,087 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 752 ha compare
- 12 Mexico 30,744 ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 1 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Western Africa?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Western Africa was 99,391 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 99,391 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,790 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Western Africa ranks 9th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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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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.