Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Cameroon
Cameroon: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 26,241 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Cameroon, 1990–2024
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 Cameroon stood at 26,241 ha.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Cameroon peaked at 27,155 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1990.
Cameroon ranks 14th of 128 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Cameroon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1994 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 3,200 ha | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 3,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1998 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 4,563 ha | +23.3% |
| 2000 | 4,563 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 4,570 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 5,507 ha | +20.5% |
| 2003 | 6,104 ha | +10.8% |
| 2004 | 6,765 ha | +10.8% |
| 2005 | 3,317 ha | -51.0% |
| 2006 | 3,849 ha | +16.0% |
| 2007 | 10,076 ha | +161.8% |
| 2008 | 11,038 ha | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 12,008 ha | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 13,252 ha | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 14,178 ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 18,640 ha | +31.5% |
| 2013 | 17,890 ha | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 21,780 ha | +21.7% |
| 2015 | 24,963 ha | +14.6% |
| 2016 | 27,155 ha | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 24,633 ha | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 26,109 ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 26,826 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 25,856 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 26,264 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 26,315 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 26,145 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 26,241 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,946 ha | 2,000 ha | 4,563 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,780 ha | 3,317 ha | 12,008 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,543 ha | 13,252 ha | 27,155 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,164 ha | 25,856 ha | 26,315 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 11 Benin 35,000 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 Melanesia 438 ha compare
- 15 Spain 23,500 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 20 ha compare
- 16 Tunisia 20,319 ha compare
- 17 Serbia and Montenegro 19,944 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Cameroon?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Cameroon was 26,241 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 27,155 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Cameroon ranks 14th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.