Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Ecuador
Ecuador: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 2,343 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 2,343 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Ecuador peaked at 2,348 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1961.
Ecuador ranks 54th of 128 countries on this measure, 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 Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 150 ha | +36.4% |
| 1965 | 120 ha | -20.0% |
| 1966 | 661 ha | +450.8% |
| 1967 | 538 ha | -18.6% |
| 1968 | 648 ha | +20.4% |
| 1969 | 700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 730 ha | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 750 ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 540 ha | -32.5% |
| 1977 | 111 ha | -79.4% |
| 1978 | 531 ha | +378.4% |
| 1979 | 614 ha | +15.6% |
| 1980 | 622 ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 756 ha | +21.5% |
| 1982 | 525 ha | -30.6% |
| 1983 | 562 ha | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 1,338 ha | +138.1% |
| 1985 | 1,078 ha | -19.4% |
| 1986 | 1,074 ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 1,026 ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 1,030 ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 990 ha | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 900 ha | -9.1% |
| 1991 | 970 ha | +7.8% |
| 1992 | 1,700 ha | +75.3% |
| 1993 | 1,860 ha | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 1,650 ha | -11.3% |
| 1995 | 1,770 ha | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 1,298 ha | -26.7% |
| 1997 | 535 ha | -58.8% |
| 1998 | 1,475 ha | +175.7% |
| 1999 | 848 ha | -42.5% |
| 2000 | 1,070 ha | +26.2% |
| 2001 | 1,107 ha | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 1,001 ha | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 1,027 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 1,946 ha | +89.5% |
| 2005 | 1,797 ha | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 1,800 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 1,950 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 2,050 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 2,100 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 2,150 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 2,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 2,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 2,250 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 2,203 ha | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 2,251 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 2,348 ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 2,288 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 2,277 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,309 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 2,343 ha | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 348.56 ha | 100 ha | 700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 622.6 ha | 111 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 900.1 ha | 525 ha | 1,338 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,301 ha | 535 ha | 1,860 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,560 ha | 1,001 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,205 ha | 2,050 ha | 2,300 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,313 ha | 2,277 ha | 2,348 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Ecuador?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Ecuador was 2,343 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,348 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1961.
- How does Ecuador rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Ecuador ranks 54th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.