Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 2,072 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Zimbabwe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 2,072 ha for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.3% on the previous year and up 434.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Zimbabwe peaked at 16,473 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 270 ha, in 2017.
That places Zimbabwe 39th out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 800 ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1992 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1994 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1995 | 2,200 ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 2,454 ha | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 6,118 ha | +149.3% |
| 1998 | 9,610 ha | +57.1% |
| 1999 | 5,998 ha | -37.6% |
| 2000 | 3,922 ha | -34.6% |
| 2001 | 7,893 ha | +101.2% |
| 2002 | 16,473 ha | +108.7% |
| 2003 | 12,104 ha | -26.5% |
| 2004 | 13,258 ha | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 5,568 ha | -58.0% |
| 2006 | 5,762 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 2,965 ha | -48.5% |
| 2008 | 1,721 ha | -42.0% |
| 2009 | 1,360 ha | -21.0% |
| 2010 | 1,140 ha | -16.2% |
| 2011 | 1,742 ha | +52.8% |
| 2012 | 1,181 ha | -32.2% |
| 2013 | 1,156 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 388 ha | -66.4% |
| 2015 | 315 ha | -18.8% |
| 2016 | 320 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 270 ha | -15.6% |
| 2018 | 385 ha | +42.6% |
| 2019 | 649 ha | +68.6% |
| 2020 | 824 ha | +27.0% |
| 2021 | 743 ha | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 885 ha | +19.1% |
| 2023 | 1,615 ha | +82.5% |
| 2024 | 2,072 ha | +28.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,368 ha | 800 ha | 9,610 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,103 ha | 1,360 ha | 16,473 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 754.6 ha | 270 ha | 1,742 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,228 ha | 743 ha | 2,072 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Zimbabwe?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Zimbabwe was 2,072 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 16,473 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 270 ha in 2017.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Zimbabwe ranks 39th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 434.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.