Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Guyana
Guyana: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 173 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Guyana, 1990–2024
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 Guyana is 173 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 17.7% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Guyana peaked at 1,450 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 60 ha, in 2002.
That places Guyana 93rd out of 128 countries 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 Guyana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 460 ha | — |
| 1991 | 434 ha | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 428 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 418 ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 464 ha | +11.0% |
| 1995 | 550 ha | +18.5% |
| 1996 | 230 ha | -58.2% |
| 1997 | 250 ha | +8.7% |
| 1998 | 270 ha | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 272 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 980 ha | +260.3% |
| 2001 | 640 ha | -34.7% |
| 2002 | 60 ha | -90.6% |
| 2003 | 440 ha | +633.3% |
| 2004 | 400 ha | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 190 ha | -52.5% |
| 2006 | 420 ha | +121.1% |
| 2007 | 380 ha | -9.5% |
| 2008 | 300 ha | -21.1% |
| 2009 | 580 ha | +93.3% |
| 2010 | 860 ha | +48.3% |
| 2011 | 730 ha | -15.1% |
| 2012 | 730 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,450 ha | +98.6% |
| 2014 | 204 ha | -85.9% |
| 2015 | 405 ha | +98.5% |
| 2016 | 312 ha | -23.0% |
| 2017 | 324 ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 447 ha | +38.0% |
| 2019 | 188 ha | -57.9% |
| 2020 | 219 ha | +16.5% |
| 2021 | 97 ha | -55.7% |
| 2022 | 141 ha | +45.4% |
| 2023 | 147 ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 173 ha | +17.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 377.6 ha | 230 ha | 550 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 439 ha | 60 ha | 980 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 565 ha | 188 ha | 1,450 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 155.4 ha | 97 ha | 219 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Guyana?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Guyana was 173 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,450 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 ha in 2002.
- How does Guyana rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Guyana ranks 93rd out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana 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.