Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in China, mainland
China, mainland: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 770,656 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 770,656 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in China, mainland peaked at 777,777 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 90,000 ha, in 1970.
China, mainland ranks 2nd 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 China, mainland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 280,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1963 | 170,000 ha | -15.0% |
| 1964 | 150,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1965 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 145,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 145,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 135,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 1969 | 135,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 90,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1971 | 100,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 95,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1973 | 110,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1974 | 105,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1975 | 110,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 110,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 120,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 135,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1979 | 130,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 125,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 135,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 148,000 ha | +9.6% |
| 1983 | 150,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 155,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 160,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 160,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 160,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 166,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 170,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 180,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 185,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 170,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 1993 | 245,000 ha | +44.1% |
| 1994 | 285,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1995 | 300,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 350,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1997 | 380,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1998 | 400,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 440,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 500,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 2001 | 530,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 570,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 600,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 605,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 610,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 630,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 650,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 650,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 660,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 680,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 705,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 707,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 710,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 724,123 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 750,208 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 728,110 ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 737,628 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 744,293 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 754,028 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 755,406 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 767,348 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 777,777 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 766,844 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 770,656 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 167,778 ha | 135,000 ha | 280,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 110,500 ha | 90,000 ha | 135,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 152,900 ha | 125,000 ha | 170,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 293,500 ha | 170,000 ha | 440,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 600,500 ha | 500,000 ha | 660,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 724,039 ha | 680,000 ha | 754,028 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 767,606 ha | 755,406 ha | 777,777 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in China, mainland?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in China, mainland was 770,656 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 777,777 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 90,000 ha in 1970.
- How does China, mainland rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.