Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area harvested, per square kilometre by country
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
111
Highest
0.3816 ha per square kilometre
North Macedonia
Lowest
0.0001 ha per square kilometre
Finland
Median
0.0106 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
5,195
What the numbers show
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area harvested, per square kilometre is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 0.3816 ha per square kilometre in North Macedonia; the lowest is 0.0001 ha per square kilometre in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0106 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0464 ha per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,799.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 1,620.6%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 90.5%).
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Macedonia | 0.3816 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 2 | Guinea | 0.3721 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 3 | Benin | 0.352 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 0.2448 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 5 | Mauritius | 0.2028 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 0.1823 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 0.1821 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 0.1789 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1739 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 0.1648 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 11 | India | 0.1527 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 237.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Jamaica | 0.1372 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1359 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Dominica | 0.124 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 15 | Tunisia | 0.1232 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 16 | Serbia | 0.1179 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 17 | Albania | 0.116 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 18 | Nigeria | 0.1151 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 19 | Palestine | 0.112 ha per square kilometre | 2022 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 0.0891 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 21 | China | 0.0819 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Israel | 0.0805 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.6% | rising |
| 23 | Nepal | 0.0792 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Lebanon | 0.0722 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 25 | Ghana | 0.0646 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Egypt | 0.0586 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Cuba | 0.0579 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Cameroon | 0.0553 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Rwanda | 0.0527 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 335.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Maldives | 0.0503 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 0.0434 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 32 | Romania | 0.0413 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 33 | Azerbaijan | 0.041 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 34 | Puerto Rico | 0.0345 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 35 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0341 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Barbados | 0.0326 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Guatemala | 0.0324 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Jordan | 0.032 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 39 | Italy | 0.0317 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 40 | Bhutan | 0.0307 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0302 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 0.0232 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 43 | Bahrain | 0.0213 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Greece | 0.0208 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.1% | rising |
| 45 | Georgia | 0.0203 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 252.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Philippines | 0.0195 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Ukraine | 0.0195 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 48 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0192 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Kuwait | 0.0158 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Hungary | 0.0145 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Niger | 0.0129 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 174.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Portugal | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,620.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Fiji | 0.0114 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Morocco | 0.0114 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 55 | Malaysia | 0.0107 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 251.7% | volatile |
| 57 | El Salvador | 0.0103 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Peru | 0.0101 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Poland | 0.0098 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 60 | Montenegro | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Qatar | 0.0096 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Ecuador | 0.0093 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Croatia | 0.0093 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Honduras | 0.0089 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 65 | Japan | 0.0085 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 66 | Algeria | 0.0076 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Colombia | 0.0075 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 105.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Slovenia | 0.0074 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 69 | Nicaragua | 0.0068 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 342.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Burkina Faso | 0.006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Yemen | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 72 | French Polynesia | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0052 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Kazakhstan | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Mali | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Kenya | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,107.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Cyprus | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 78 | Oman | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 145.4% | rising |
| 79 | Belgium | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 80 | Czechia | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 81 | Iraq | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 0.0035 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Thailand | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 85 | Chile | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 86 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Sudan | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 176.0% | rising |
| 88 | France | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 123.0% | flat |
| 89 | Argentina | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 90 | Paraguay | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Panama | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 92 | Uzbekistan | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 93 | Malawi | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 148.6% | rising |
| 94 | Belize | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Austria | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Slovakia | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 105.2% | rising |
| 98 | Uruguay | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 99 | Libya | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Guyana | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Australia | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Switzerland | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 103 | Germany | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 118.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Canada | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 105 | New Zealand | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Madagascar | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Namibia | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 108 | South Africa | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 109 | Gabon | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Djibouti | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 111 | Finland | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 299.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0214 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.