Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Maldives
Maldives: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 15 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Maldives, 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 Maldives stood at 15 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 54.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Maldives peaked at 180 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1 ha, in 1961.
That places Maldives 117th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Maldives, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2 ha | +100.0% |
| 1968 | 1 ha | -50.0% |
| 1969 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2 ha | +100.0% |
| 1972 | 1 ha | -50.0% |
| 1973 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2 ha | +100.0% |
| 1978 | 1 ha | -50.0% |
| 1979 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10 ha | +900.0% |
| 1982 | 40 ha | +300.0% |
| 1983 | 60 ha | +50.0% |
| 1984 | 90 ha | +50.0% |
| 1985 | 100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 14 ha | -86.0% |
| 1988 | 20 ha | +42.9% |
| 1989 | 4 ha | -80.0% |
| 1990 | 100 ha | +2400.0% |
| 1991 | 80 ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 63 ha | -21.2% |
| 1993 | 61 ha | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 59 ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 60 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 57 ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 55 ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 50 ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 34 ha | -32.0% |
| 2000 | 85 ha | +150.0% |
| 2001 | 13 ha | -84.7% |
| 2002 | 12 ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 29 ha | +141.7% |
| 2005 | 30 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 180 ha | +500.0% |
| 2007 | 18 ha | -90.0% |
| 2008 | 17 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 23 ha | +35.3% |
| 2010 | 64 ha | +178.3% |
| 2011 | 39 ha | -39.1% |
| 2012 | 38 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 35 ha | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 33 ha | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 32 ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 31 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 31 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 19 ha | -38.7% |
| 2019 | 16 ha | -15.8% |
| 2020 | 19 ha | +18.8% |
| 2021 | 1 ha | -94.7% |
| 2022 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15 ha | +1400.0% |
| 2024 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.11 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.2 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43.9 ha | 1 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 61.9 ha | 34 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.9 ha | 12 ha | 180 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.8 ha | 16 ha | 64 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.2 ha | 1 ha | 19 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 115 French Polynesia 20 ha compare
- 116 Bahrain 17 ha compare
- 118 Switzerland 14 ha compare
- 119 Guadeloupe 13 ha compare
- 120 Barbados 10 ha compare
- 120 Finland 10 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0459 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 670.93 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5749 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Maldives?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Maldives was 15 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 180 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 ha in 1961.
- How does Maldives rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Maldives ranks 117th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives 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.