Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Central America
Central America: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 162,577 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Central America, 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 Central America is 162,577 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.2% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Central America peaked at 179,000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 34,802 ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 12th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,802 ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,109 ha | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 40,854 ha | +7.2% |
| 1964 | 42,257 ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 42,501 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 43,272 ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 38,611 ha | -10.8% |
| 1968 | 39,199 ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 36,438 ha | -7.0% |
| 1970 | 37,031 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 45,739 ha | +23.5% |
| 1972 | 61,447 ha | +34.3% |
| 1973 | 57,587 ha | -6.3% |
| 1974 | 56,385 ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 40,806 ha | -27.6% |
| 1976 | 40,869 ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 50,420 ha | +23.4% |
| 1978 | 56,507 ha | +12.1% |
| 1979 | 58,485 ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 61,252 ha | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 45,686 ha | -25.4% |
| 1982 | 62,510 ha | +36.8% |
| 1983 | 48,392 ha | -22.6% |
| 1984 | 51,580 ha | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 80,009 ha | +55.1% |
| 1986 | 67,614 ha | -15.5% |
| 1987 | 66,953 ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 74,170 ha | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 76,023 ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 68,003 ha | -10.5% |
| 1991 | 76,365 ha | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 98,874 ha | +29.5% |
| 1993 | 105,556 ha | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 85,135 ha | -19.3% |
| 1995 | 77,590 ha | -8.9% |
| 1996 | 84,304 ha | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 101,309 ha | +20.2% |
| 1998 | 158,022 ha | +56.0% |
| 1999 | 165,615 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 147,594 ha | -10.9% |
| 2001 | 148,720 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 142,242 ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 143,433 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 85,219 ha | -40.6% |
| 2005 | 95,294 ha | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 96,611 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 92,116 ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 136,802 ha | +48.5% |
| 2009 | 144,424 ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 147,925 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 148,367 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 140,504 ha | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 137,308 ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 147,407 ha | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 152,740 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 174,527 ha | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 165,219 ha | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 161,617 ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 155,044 ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 163,250 ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 153,524 ha | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 162,785 ha | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 179,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 162,577 ha | -9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,560 ha | 34,802 ha | 43,272 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 50,528 ha | 37,031 ha | 61,447 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 63,419 ha | 45,686 ha | 80,009 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 102,077 ha | 68,003 ha | 165,615 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 123,246 ha | 85,219 ha | 148,720 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 153,066 ha | 137,308 ha | 174,527 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 164,227 ha | 153,524 ha | 179,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 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 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 Cameroon 26,241 ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 438 ha compare
- 15 Spain 23,500 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 20 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Central America?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Central America was 162,577 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 179,000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,802 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Central America ranks 12th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.