Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 197,580 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 197,580 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 59.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Eastern Africa peaked at 209,081 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 48 ha, in 1975.
That places Eastern Africa 11th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 107 ha | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 97 ha | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 135 ha | +39.2% |
| 1968 | 185 ha | +37.0% |
| 1969 | 212 ha | +14.6% |
| 1970 | 133 ha | -37.3% |
| 1971 | 147 ha | +10.5% |
| 1972 | 96 ha | -34.7% |
| 1973 | 54 ha | -43.8% |
| 1974 | 56 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 48 ha | -14.3% |
| 1976 | 60 ha | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 70 ha | +16.7% |
| 1978 | 76 ha | +8.6% |
| 1979 | 73 ha | -3.9% |
| 1980 | 70 ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 95 ha | +35.7% |
| 1982 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 109 ha | +14.7% |
| 1984 | 113 ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 121 ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 106 ha | -12.4% |
| 1987 | 116 ha | +9.4% |
| 1988 | 133 ha | +14.7% |
| 1989 | 111 ha | -16.5% |
| 1990 | 245 ha | +120.7% |
| 1991 | 278 ha | +13.5% |
| 1992 | 1,392 ha | +400.7% |
| 1993 | 55,830 ha | +3910.8% |
| 1994 | 59,694 ha | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 58,602 ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 56,925 ha | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 56,597 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 56,942 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 57,997 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 59,106 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 49,629 ha | -16.0% |
| 2002 | 59,561 ha | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 51,383 ha | -13.7% |
| 2004 | 55,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 64,006 ha | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 90,000 ha | +40.6% |
| 2007 | 66,114 ha | -26.5% |
| 2008 | 86,101 ha | +30.2% |
| 2009 | 100,169 ha | +16.3% |
| 2010 | 92,041 ha | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 118,578 ha | +28.8% |
| 2012 | 149,868 ha | +26.4% |
| 2013 | 156,575 ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 124,064 ha | -20.8% |
| 2015 | 107,669 ha | -13.2% |
| 2016 | 165,216 ha | +53.4% |
| 2017 | 209,081 ha | +26.6% |
| 2018 | 197,707 ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 183,057 ha | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 202,590 ha | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 199,782 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 194,984 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 195,308 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 197,580 ha | +1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Eastern Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +3910.8% | 1,392 ha | 55,830 ha |
| 1992 | +400.7% | 278 ha | 1,392 ha |
| 1990 | +120.7% | 111 ha | 245 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 124 ha | 80 ha | 212 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 81.3 ha | 48 ha | 147 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 106.9 ha | 70 ha | 133 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,450 ha | 245 ha | 59,694 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 68,187 ha | 49,629 ha | 100,169 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 150,386 ha | 92,041 ha | 209,081 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 198,049 ha | 194,984 ha | 202,590 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 8 Guinea 94,671 ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10,900 ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Eastern Africa?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Eastern Africa was 197,580 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 209,081 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 48 ha in 1975.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Eastern Africa ranks 11th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.