Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Iraq
Iraq: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 4,101 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Iraq stood at 4,101 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 157.0% on the previous year and down 51.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Iraq peaked at 10,507 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 800 ha, in 1961.
That places Iraq 40th 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 Iraq, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 815 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 1,065 ha | +30.7% |
| 1965 | 1,165 ha | +9.4% |
| 1966 | 1,553 ha | +33.3% |
| 1967 | 1,335 ha | -14.0% |
| 1968 | 1,654 ha | +23.9% |
| 1969 | 1,717 ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 1,650 ha | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 2,250 ha | +36.4% |
| 1972 | 1,600 ha | -28.9% |
| 1973 | 1,456 ha | -9.0% |
| 1974 | 1,110 ha | -23.8% |
| 1975 | 1,143 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 1,272 ha | +11.3% |
| 1977 | 1,814 ha | +42.6% |
| 1978 | 1,613 ha | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 950 ha | -41.1% |
| 1980 | 1,725 ha | +81.6% |
| 1981 | 1,700 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 3,225 ha | +89.7% |
| 1983 | 2,800 ha | -13.2% |
| 1984 | 3,450 ha | +23.2% |
| 1985 | 4,250 ha | +23.2% |
| 1986 | 4,050 ha | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 3,250 ha | -19.8% |
| 1988 | 3,225 ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 3,800 ha | +17.8% |
| 1990 | 4,125 ha | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 2,625 ha | -36.4% |
| 1992 | 3,100 ha | +18.1% |
| 1993 | 3,150 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 3,100 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 3,100 ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 3,150 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 3,300 ha | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 3,096 ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 3,100 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 2,975 ha | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 3,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 2,900 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 3,500 ha | +20.7% |
| 2005 | 4,500 ha | +28.6% |
| 2006 | 5,200 ha | +15.6% |
| 2007 | 6,100 ha | +17.3% |
| 2008 | 8,100 ha | +32.8% |
| 2009 | 6,325 ha | -21.9% |
| 2010 | 5,734 ha | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 7,889 ha | +37.6% |
| 2012 | 8,457 ha | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 10,507 ha | +24.2% |
| 2014 | 8,379 ha | -20.3% |
| 2015 | 3,525 ha | -57.9% |
| 2016 | 2,627 ha | -25.5% |
| 2017 | 2,471 ha | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 2,695 ha | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 3,263 ha | +21.1% |
| 2020 | 5,297 ha | +62.3% |
| 2021 | 5,391 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 5,068 ha | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 1,596 ha | -68.5% |
| 2024 | 4,101 ha | +157.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,212 ha | 800 ha | 1,717 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,486 ha | 950 ha | 2,250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,148 ha | 1,700 ha | 4,250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,195 ha | 2,625 ha | 4,125 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,570 ha | 2,900 ha | 8,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,555 ha | 2,471 ha | 10,507 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,291 ha | 1,596 ha | 5,391 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 184.67 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3006 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Iraq?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Iraq was 4,101 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 10,507 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 ha in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Iraq ranks 40th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iraq 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.