Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Italy
Italy: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 9,250 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Italy, 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 Italy stood at 9,250 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Italy peaked at 20,779 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 9,250 ha, in 2024.
That places Italy 30th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 15,100 ha | +25.8% |
| 1964 | 15,318 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 15,904 ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 17,287 ha | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 18,175 ha | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 18,780 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 18,923 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 19,620 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 19,182 ha | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 19,255 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 20,543 ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 20,609 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 20,779 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 20,376 ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 19,984 ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 19,793 ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 19,798 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 19,619 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 18,758 ha | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 18,932 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 19,013 ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 17,724 ha | -6.8% |
| 1985 | 17,500 ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 17,122 ha | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 16,138 ha | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 15,844 ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 15,186 ha | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 14,864 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 15,066 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 14,004 ha | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 13,986 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 13,452 ha | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 13,099 ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 13,700 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 13,641 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 14,151 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 14,248 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 14,489 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 14,568 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 13,757 ha | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 14,253 ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 13,547 ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 13,787 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 13,332 ha | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 15,220 ha | +14.2% |
| 2008 | 11,721 ha | -23.0% |
| 2009 | 11,688 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 11,764 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 10,327 ha | -12.2% |
| 2012 | 11,358 ha | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 12,135 ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 11,555 ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 11,521 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 11,037 ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 10,323 ha | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 10,520 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 10,280 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 10,010 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 9,670 ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 9,390 ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 9,370 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 9,250 ha | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,865 ha | 11,300 ha | 18,923 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,994 ha | 19,182 ha | 20,779 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,584 ha | 15,186 ha | 19,619 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,021 ha | 13,099 ha | 15,066 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,636 ha | 11,688 ha | 15,220 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,082 ha | 10,280 ha | 12,135 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,538 ha | 9,250 ha | 10,010 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Italy?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Italy was 9,250 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 20,779 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,250 ha in 2024.
- How does Italy rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Italy ranks 30th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.