Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Chile
Chile: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 2,285 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Chile, 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 Chile is 2,285 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.9% on the previous year and up 41.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Chile peaked at 5,408 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1,133 ha, in 2015.
Chile ranks 55th of 128 countries 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 Chile, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,910 ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 1,920 ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 1,940 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 1,950 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 1,960 ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 1,970 ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 1,980 ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 1,990 ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,010 ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 2,030 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 2,040 ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 2,050 ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 2,060 ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 2,100 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 2,150 ha | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 2,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,160 ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 2,160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,100 ha | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 2,120 ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 2,009 ha | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 1,924 ha | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 2,734 ha | +42.1% |
| 1990 | 2,509 ha | -8.2% |
| 1991 | 3,148 ha | +25.5% |
| 1992 | 5,084 ha | +61.5% |
| 1993 | 5,408 ha | +6.4% |
| 1994 | 4,333 ha | -19.9% |
| 1995 | 4,774 ha | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 3,831 ha | -19.8% |
| 1997 | 4,559 ha | +19.0% |
| 1998 | 4,772 ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 5,039 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 4,424 ha | -12.2% |
| 2001 | 4,299 ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 4,277 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 4,500 ha | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 4,900 ha | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 3,959 ha | -19.2% |
| 2006 | 3,476 ha | -12.2% |
| 2007 | 2,858 ha | -17.8% |
| 2008 | 2,979 ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 2,920 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 2,439 ha | -16.5% |
| 2011 | 2,327 ha | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 2,013 ha | -13.5% |
| 2013 | 1,715 ha | -14.8% |
| 2014 | 1,610 ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 1,133 ha | -29.6% |
| 2016 | 1,484 ha | +31.0% |
| 2017 | 1,666 ha | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 1,929 ha | +15.8% |
| 2019 | 1,756 ha | -9.0% |
| 2020 | 1,746 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 2,012 ha | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 2,310 ha | +14.8% |
| 2023 | 2,060 ha | -10.8% |
| 2024 | 2,285 ha | +10.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,937 ha | 1,900 ha | 1,980 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,028 ha | 1,990 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,167 ha | 1,924 ha | 2,734 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,346 ha | 2,509 ha | 5,408 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,859 ha | 2,858 ha | 4,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,807 ha | 1,133 ha | 2,439 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,083 ha | 1,746 ha | 2,310 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0345 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 621.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1082 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Chile?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Chile was 2,285 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 Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 5,408 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,133 ha in 2015.
- How does Chile rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Chile ranks 55th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile 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.