Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Argentina
Argentina: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 6,418 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Argentina stood at 6,418 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Argentina peaked at 12,420 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 6,300 ha, in 2006.
Argentina ranks 34th of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 8,601 ha | -14.0% |
| 1965 | 10,884 ha | +26.5% |
| 1966 | 10,617 ha | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 10,593 ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 10,330 ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 11,360 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 8,584 ha | -24.4% |
| 1971 | 9,757 ha | +13.7% |
| 1972 | 12,420 ha | +27.3% |
| 1973 | 11,623 ha | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 10,718 ha | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 11,040 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 12,080 ha | +9.4% |
| 1977 | 12,040 ha | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 12,030 ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 12,250 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 11,280 ha | -7.9% |
| 1981 | 9,650 ha | -14.5% |
| 1982 | 10,265 ha | +6.4% |
| 1983 | 10,445 ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 10,155 ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 10,210 ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 11,380 ha | +11.5% |
| 1987 | 10,467 ha | -8.0% |
| 1988 | 10,455 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 11,200 ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 10,700 ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 11,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 11,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 11,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 11,100 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 10,000 ha | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 6,933 ha | -30.7% |
| 1998 | 7,401 ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 8,400 ha | +13.5% |
| 2000 | 8,115 ha | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 8,100 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 8,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 8,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 7,521 ha | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 6,925 ha | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 6,300 ha | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 6,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 6,616 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 6,745 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 7,094 ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 6,858 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 6,742 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 6,697 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 6,635 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 6,536 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 6,515 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 6,487 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 6,385 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 6,353 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 6,344 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 6,457 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 6,438 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 6,428 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 6,418 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,376 ha | 8,601 ha | 11,360 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,254 ha | 8,584 ha | 12,420 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,551 ha | 9,650 ha | 11,380 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,793 ha | 6,933 ha | 11,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,322 ha | 6,300 ha | 8,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,630 ha | 6,353 ha | 7,094 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,417 ha | 6,344 ha | 6,457 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Argentina?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Argentina was 6,418 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 Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 12,420 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,300 ha in 2006.
- How does Argentina rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Argentina ranks 34th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina 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.