Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Western Asia
Western Asia: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 7,968 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Western Asia, 1961–2024
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 Western Asia is 7,968 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Western Asia peaked at 10,597 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 4,800 ha, in 1966.
That places Western Asia 19th 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 Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,800 ha | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,700 ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 6,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1989 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 7,204 ha | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 7,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1993 | 5,616 ha | -6.4% |
| 1994 | 5,619 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 5,327 ha | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 5,751 ha | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 5,408 ha | -6.0% |
| 1998 | 6,222 ha | +15.1% |
| 1999 | 6,972 ha | +12.1% |
| 2000 | 7,308 ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 9,500 ha | +30.0% |
| 2002 | 8,868 ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 9,350 ha | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 10,597 ha | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 7,716 ha | -27.2% |
| 2006 | 7,631 ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 7,346 ha | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 7,144 ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 7,022 ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 6,610 ha | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 7,230 ha | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 7,700 ha | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 7,696 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 7,747 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 7,603 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 7,733 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 7,772 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 7,894 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 8,066 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 7,974 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 8,039 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 7,865 ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 8,259 ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 7,968 ha | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,978 ha | 4,800 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,270 ha | 5,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,500 ha | 6,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,112 ha | 5,327 ha | 7,204 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,248 ha | 7,022 ha | 10,597 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,605 ha | 6,610 ha | 8,066 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,021 ha | 7,865 ha | 8,259 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Western Asia?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Western Asia was 7,968 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,597 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,800 ha in 1966.
- How does Western Asia rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Western Asia ranks 19th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.