Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Mauritius
Mauritius: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 366 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 366 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.6% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Mauritius peaked at 405 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48 ha, in 1975.
That places Mauritius 86th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 107 ha | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 97 ha | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 135 ha | +39.2% |
| 1968 | 185 ha | +37.0% |
| 1969 | 212 ha | +14.6% |
| 1970 | 133 ha | -37.3% |
| 1971 | 147 ha | +10.5% |
| 1972 | 96 ha | -34.7% |
| 1973 | 54 ha | -43.8% |
| 1974 | 56 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 48 ha | -14.3% |
| 1976 | 60 ha | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 70 ha | +16.7% |
| 1978 | 76 ha | +8.6% |
| 1979 | 73 ha | -3.9% |
| 1980 | 70 ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 95 ha | +35.7% |
| 1982 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 109 ha | +14.7% |
| 1984 | 113 ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 121 ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 106 ha | -12.4% |
| 1987 | 116 ha | +9.4% |
| 1988 | 133 ha | +14.7% |
| 1989 | 111 ha | -16.5% |
| 1990 | 120 ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 129 ha | +7.5% |
| 1992 | 155 ha | +20.2% |
| 1993 | 199 ha | +28.4% |
| 1994 | 181 ha | -9.0% |
| 1995 | 221 ha | +22.1% |
| 1996 | 224 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 187 ha | -16.5% |
| 1998 | 227 ha | +21.4% |
| 1999 | 170 ha | -25.1% |
| 2000 | 199 ha | +17.1% |
| 2001 | 213 ha | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 210 ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 204 ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 223 ha | +9.3% |
| 2005 | 225 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 306 ha | +36.0% |
| 2007 | 285 ha | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 208 ha | -27.0% |
| 2009 | 246 ha | +18.3% |
| 2010 | 239 ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 246 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 265 ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 276 ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 307 ha | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 273 ha | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 306 ha | +12.1% |
| 2017 | 281 ha | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 265 ha | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 266 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 311 ha | +16.9% |
| 2021 | 353 ha | +13.5% |
| 2022 | 343 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 405 ha | +18.1% |
| 2024 | 366 ha | -9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 124 ha | 80 ha | 212 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 81.3 ha | 48 ha | 147 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 106.9 ha | 70 ha | 133 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 181.3 ha | 120 ha | 227 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 231.9 ha | 199 ha | 306 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 272.4 ha | 239 ha | 307 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 355.6 ha | 311 ha | 405 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ 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 Mauritius?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Mauritius was 366 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 405 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 48 ha in 1975.
- How does Mauritius rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Mauritius ranks 86th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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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About this data
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.