Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Americas
Americas: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 247,914 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 247,914 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Americas peaked at 265,335 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 75,800 ha, in 1961.
Americas ranks 10th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 75,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 78,465 ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 80,716 ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 80,662 ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 84,985 ha | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 88,781 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 84,709 ha | -4.6% |
| 1968 | 86,510 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 85,512 ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 81,642 ha | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 92,482 ha | +13.3% |
| 1972 | 110,243 ha | +19.2% |
| 1973 | 105,474 ha | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 103,810 ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 89,504 ha | -13.8% |
| 1976 | 93,188 ha | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 104,131 ha | +11.7% |
| 1978 | 109,873 ha | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 118,851 ha | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 118,675 ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 100,579 ha | -15.2% |
| 1982 | 116,251 ha | +15.6% |
| 1983 | 102,521 ha | -11.8% |
| 1984 | 105,105 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 135,047 ha | +28.5% |
| 1986 | 125,463 ha | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 127,294 ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 135,122 ha | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 136,948 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 131,861 ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 138,985 ha | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 170,166 ha | +22.4% |
| 1993 | 179,081 ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 150,258 ha | -16.1% |
| 1995 | 146,821 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 154,680 ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 163,309 ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 224,013 ha | +37.2% |
| 1999 | 235,055 ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 233,017 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 235,274 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 226,191 ha | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 230,457 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 170,077 ha | -26.2% |
| 2005 | 180,541 ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 178,440 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 176,752 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 224,174 ha | +26.8% |
| 2009 | 227,585 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 239,004 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 234,124 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 223,050 ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 224,201 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 228,010 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 232,997 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 255,613 ha | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 251,350 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 247,901 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 240,956 ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 244,576 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 245,327 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 255,445 ha | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 265,335 ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 247,914 ha | -6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82,904 ha | 75,800 ha | 88,781 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 100,920 ha | 81,642 ha | 118,851 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 120,300 ha | 100,579 ha | 136,948 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 169,423 ha | 131,861 ha | 235,055 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 208,251 ha | 170,077 ha | 235,274 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 237,721 ha | 223,050 ha | 255,613 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 251,719 ha | 244,576 ha | 265,335 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 7 Nigeria 105,485 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,410 ha compare
- 8 Guinea 94,671 ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10,900 ha compare
- 9 Egypt 58,485 ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 6,474 ha compare
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,437 ha compare
- 10 Yugoslav SFR 41,951 ha compare
- 11 Benin 35,000 ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,077 ha compare
- 12 Republic of Korea 30,775 ha compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 2,100 ha compare
- 13 Sierra Leone 29,121 ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 603 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Americas?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Americas was 247,914 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 265,335 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Americas ranks 10th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — 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.