Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Australia
Australia: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 3,721 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Australia, 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 is 3,721 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.7% on the previous year and up 61.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Australia peaked at 4,028 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia 42nd 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, 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 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 936 ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,078 ha | +15.2% |
| 1987 | 1,187 ha | +10.1% |
| 1988 | 1,250 ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 1,268 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 1,299 ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 1,279 ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 1,380 ha | +7.9% |
| 1993 | 1,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 1,574 ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 1,649 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 1,875 ha | +13.7% |
| 1998 | 1,800 ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 2,281 ha | +26.7% |
| 2000 | 2,459 ha | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 2,502 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 2,419 ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 2,485 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 2,838 ha | +14.2% |
| 2005 | 2,372 ha | -16.4% |
| 2006 | 2,623 ha | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 2,319 ha | -11.6% |
| 2008 | 2,306 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 2,250 ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 2,257 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,372 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 1,932 ha | -18.5% |
| 2013 | 1,588 ha | -17.8% |
| 2014 | 2,302 ha | +45.0% |
| 2015 | 1,950 ha | -15.3% |
| 2016 | 1,778 ha | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 1,758 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 2,071 ha | +17.8% |
| 2019 | 1,719 ha | -17.0% |
| 2020 | 2,058 ha | +19.7% |
| 2021 | 4,028 ha | +95.7% |
| 2022 | 3,262 ha | -19.0% |
| 2023 | 3,392 ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 3,721 ha | +9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 571.9 ha | 0 ha | 1,268 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,604 ha | 1,279 ha | 2,281 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,457 ha | 2,250 ha | 2,838 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,973 ha | 1,588 ha | 2,372 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,292 ha | 2,058 ha | 4,028 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 39 Zimbabwe 4,401 ha compare
- 40 Iraq 4,101 ha compare
- 41 Australia and New Zealand 3,773 ha compare
- 43 Saudi Arabia 3,595 ha compare
- 44 Guatemala 3,476 ha compare
- 45 Azerbaijan 3,454 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Australia?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Australia was 3,721 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?
- The highest recorded value was 4,028 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Australia ranks 42nd out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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.