Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Jamaica
Jamaica: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 1,432 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 1,432 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Jamaica peaked at 1,572 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 83 ha, in 1970.
That places Jamaica 67th 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 Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 90 ha | — |
| 1962 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 110 ha | +22.2% |
| 1965 | 130 ha | +18.2% |
| 1966 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 120 ha | -7.7% |
| 1969 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 83 ha | -30.8% |
| 1971 | 141 ha | +69.9% |
| 1972 | 134 ha | -5.0% |
| 1973 | 95 ha | -29.1% |
| 1974 | 99 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 153 ha | +54.5% |
| 1976 | 186 ha | +21.6% |
| 1977 | 168 ha | -9.7% |
| 1978 | 196 ha | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 244 ha | +24.5% |
| 1980 | 384 ha | +57.4% |
| 1981 | 411 ha | +7.0% |
| 1982 | 373 ha | -9.2% |
| 1983 | 206 ha | -44.8% |
| 1984 | 340 ha | +65.0% |
| 1985 | 429 ha | +26.2% |
| 1986 | 409 ha | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 598 ha | +46.2% |
| 1988 | 299 ha | -50.0% |
| 1989 | 259 ha | -13.4% |
| 1990 | 499 ha | +92.7% |
| 1991 | 331 ha | -33.7% |
| 1992 | 371 ha | +12.1% |
| 1993 | 498 ha | +34.2% |
| 1994 | 637 ha | +27.9% |
| 1995 | 727 ha | +14.1% |
| 1996 | 831 ha | +14.3% |
| 1997 | 652 ha | -21.5% |
| 1998 | 691 ha | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 719 ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 643 ha | -10.6% |
| 2001 | 667 ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 551 ha | -17.4% |
| 2003 | 721 ha | +30.9% |
| 2004 | 586 ha | -18.7% |
| 2005 | 581 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 721 ha | +24.1% |
| 2007 | 688 ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 635 ha | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 801 ha | +26.1% |
| 2010 | 828 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 964 ha | +16.4% |
| 2012 | 1,126 ha | +16.8% |
| 2013 | 1,242 ha | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 1,142 ha | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 1,099 ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 1,263 ha | +14.9% |
| 2017 | 1,212 ha | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 1,287 ha | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 1,279 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,301 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 1,415 ha | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 1,572 ha | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 1,486 ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 1,432 ha | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 112.22 ha | 90 ha | 130 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 149.9 ha | 83 ha | 244 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 370.8 ha | 206 ha | 598 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 595.6 ha | 331 ha | 831 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 659.4 ha | 551 ha | 801 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,144 ha | 828 ha | 1,287 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,441 ha | 1,301 ha | 1,572 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Jamaica?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Jamaica was 1,432 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,572 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 83 ha in 1970.
- How does Jamaica rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Jamaica ranks 67th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.