Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Benin
Benin: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 35,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 35,000 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
The figure is down 11.8% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Benin peaked at 39,690 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,000 ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 11th of 128 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,700 ha | +11.7% |
| 1963 | 7,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 7,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 7,400 ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 7,600 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 7,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7,700 ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 7,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 8,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 9,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 10,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 10,781 ha | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 11,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 11,094 ha | -7.5% |
| 1986 | 10,031 ha | -9.6% |
| 1987 | 7,583 ha | -24.4% |
| 1988 | 10,333 ha | +36.3% |
| 1989 | 9,691 ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 12,013 ha | +24.0% |
| 1991 | 10,730 ha | -10.7% |
| 1992 | 10,374 ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 12,000 ha | +15.7% |
| 1994 | 13,843 ha | +15.4% |
| 1995 | 16,785 ha | +21.3% |
| 1996 | 19,397 ha | +15.6% |
| 1997 | 19,845 ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 19,636 ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 19,817 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 23,682 ha | +19.5% |
| 2001 | 21,430 ha | -9.5% |
| 2002 | 23,716 ha | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 22,863 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 19,961 ha | -12.7% |
| 2005 | 26,265 ha | +31.6% |
| 2006 | 15,838 ha | -39.7% |
| 2007 | 21,036 ha | +32.8% |
| 2008 | 23,347 ha | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 18,570 ha | -20.5% |
| 2010 | 23,562 ha | +26.9% |
| 2011 | 19,722 ha | -16.3% |
| 2012 | 24,352 ha | +23.5% |
| 2013 | 28,285 ha | +16.2% |
| 2014 | 28,070 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 25,861 ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 27,729 ha | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 22,516 ha | -18.8% |
| 2018 | 21,052 ha | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 27,981 ha | +32.9% |
| 2020 | 30,345 ha | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 32,823 ha | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 37,467 ha | +14.1% |
| 2023 | 39,690 ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 35,000 ha | -11.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,233 ha | 6,000 ha | 7,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,778 ha | 8,000 ha | 10,781 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,523 ha | 7,583 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,444 ha | 10,374 ha | 19,845 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,671 ha | 15,838 ha | 26,265 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,913 ha | 19,722 ha | 28,285 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,065 ha | 30,345 ha | 39,690 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 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 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
- 14 Cameroon 26,241 ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 438 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Benin?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Benin was 35,000 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 39,690 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Benin ranks 11th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin 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.