Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 404,575 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 404,575 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 101.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 442,032 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6,300 ha, in 1961.
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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 7,320 ha | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 7,550 ha | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 7,750 ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 7,970 ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 7,980 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 8,080 ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 8,300 ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 8,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 8,420 ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 8,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8,450 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 8,950 ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 9,460 ha | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 9,960 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 10,500 ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 11,751 ha | +11.9% |
| 1980 | 11,952 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 11,934 ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 12,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 12,545 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 12,715 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 13,924 ha | +9.5% |
| 1986 | 12,955 ha | -7.0% |
| 1987 | 11,045 ha | -14.7% |
| 1988 | 13,943 ha | +26.2% |
| 1989 | 13,824 ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 16,240 ha | +17.5% |
| 1991 | 18,427 ha | +13.5% |
| 1992 | 18,326 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 73,155 ha | +299.2% |
| 1994 | 78,342 ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 79,779 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 81,521 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 82,496 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 85,999 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 88,368 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 92,789 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 81,011 ha | -12.7% |
| 2002 | 99,535 ha | +22.9% |
| 2003 | 89,961 ha | -9.6% |
| 2004 | 94,095 ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 109,095 ha | +15.9% |
| 2006 | 124,219 ha | +13.9% |
| 2007 | 109,545 ha | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 132,663 ha | +21.1% |
| 2009 | 143,699 ha | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 143,724 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 168,266 ha | +17.1% |
| 2012 | 206,644 ha | +22.8% |
| 2013 | 217,479 ha | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 200,499 ha | -7.8% |
| 2015 | 249,734 ha | +24.6% |
| 2016 | 314,804 ha | +26.1% |
| 2017 | 351,705 ha | +11.7% |
| 2018 | 385,416 ha | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 356,328 ha | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 442,032 ha | +24.1% |
| 2021 | 383,474 ha | -13.2% |
| 2022 | 393,807 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 386,516 ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 404,575 ha | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,583 ha | 6,300 ha | 8,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,273 ha | 8,400 ha | 11,751 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,684 ha | 11,045 ha | 13,943 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 62,265 ha | 16,240 ha | 88,368 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 107,661 ha | 81,011 ha | 143,699 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 259,460 ha | 143,724 ha | 385,416 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 402,081 ha | 383,474 ha | 442,032 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 404,575 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 442,032 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 101.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.