Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Bhutan
Bhutan: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 1,224 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Bhutan, 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 Bhutan stood at 1,224 ha.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and down 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Bhutan peaked at 4,485 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Bhutan ranks 71st of 128 countries on this measure, 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 Bhutan, 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 | 1,800 ha | — |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1984 | 974 ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 1,200 ha | +23.2% |
| 1986 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,518 ha | +25.9% |
| 1991 | 2,100 ha | -16.6% |
| 1992 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 2,400 ha | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 2,334 ha | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 2,244 ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 1,759 ha | -21.6% |
| 1998 | 1,316 ha | -25.2% |
| 1999 | 1,175 ha | -10.7% |
| 2000 | 937 ha | -20.3% |
| 2001 | 950 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 1,200 ha | +26.3% |
| 2003 | 900 ha | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 1,238 ha | +37.6% |
| 2005 | 2,282 ha | +84.3% |
| 2006 | 2,416 ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 2,140 ha | -11.4% |
| 2008 | 2,058 ha | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 2,301 ha | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 2,828 ha | +22.9% |
| 2011 | 4,485 ha | +58.6% |
| 2012 | 3,157 ha | -29.6% |
| 2013 | 2,094 ha | -33.7% |
| 2014 | 1,756 ha | -16.1% |
| 2015 | 1,694 ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 2,242 ha | +32.3% |
| 2017 | 3,065 ha | +36.7% |
| 2018 | 1,632 ha | -46.8% |
| 2019 | 1,426 ha | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 1,524 ha | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 1,392 ha | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 1,382 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,169 ha | -15.4% |
| 2024 | 1,224 ha | +4.7% |
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 | 1,357 ha | 0 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,055 ha | 1,175 ha | 2,518 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,642 ha | 900 ha | 2,416 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,438 ha | 1,426 ha | 4,485 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,338 ha | 1,169 ha | 1,524 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Bhutan?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Bhutan was 1,224 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 4,485 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Bhutan rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Bhutan ranks 71st out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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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About this data
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.