Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 3,773 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Australia and New Zealand is 3,773 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.8% on the previous year and up 51.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 4,076 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 41st out of 128 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, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 40 ha | — |
| 1979 | 44 ha | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 47 ha | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 56 ha | +19.1% |
| 1982 | 50 ha | -10.7% |
| 1983 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 1984 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,006 ha | +1576.7% |
| 1986 | 1,169 ha | +16.2% |
| 1987 | 1,346 ha | +15.1% |
| 1988 | 1,317 ha | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 1,357 ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 1,412 ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 1,309 ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 1,421 ha | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 1,444 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 1,549 ha | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 1,637 ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 1,733 ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 1,985 ha | +14.5% |
| 1998 | 1,930 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 2,431 ha | +26.0% |
| 2000 | 2,619 ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 2,662 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 2,579 ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 2,645 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 2,997 ha | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 2,537 ha | -15.3% |
| 2006 | 2,784 ha | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 2,478 ha | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 2,466 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 2,408 ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 2,402 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,507 ha | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 2,055 ha | -18.0% |
| 2013 | 1,696 ha | -17.5% |
| 2014 | 2,485 ha | +46.5% |
| 2015 | 2,111 ha | -15.1% |
| 2016 | 1,888 ha | -10.6% |
| 2017 | 1,819 ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 2,110 ha | +16.0% |
| 2019 | 1,776 ha | -15.8% |
| 2020 | 2,106 ha | +18.6% |
| 2021 | 4,076 ha | +93.5% |
| 2022 | 3,307 ha | -18.9% |
| 2023 | 3,437 ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 3,773 ha | +9.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Australia and New Zealand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +1576.7% | 60 ha | 1,006 ha |
| 2021 | +93.5% | 2,106 ha | 4,076 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.4 ha | 0 ha | 44 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 646.8 ha | 47 ha | 1,357 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,685 ha | 1,309 ha | 2,431 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,618 ha | 2,408 ha | 2,997 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,085 ha | 1,696 ha | 2,507 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,340 ha | 2,106 ha | 4,076 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Australia and New Zealand?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Australia and New Zealand was 3,773 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 4,076 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 41st out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.