Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Melanesia
Melanesia: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 438 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Melanesia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 438 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 110.6% on the previous year and up 2,820.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Melanesia peaked at 438 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9 ha, in 2016.
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 Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 59 ha | — |
| 1994 | 85 ha | +44.1% |
| 1995 | 100 ha | +17.6% |
| 1996 | 114 ha | +14.0% |
| 1997 | 110 ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 124 ha | +12.7% |
| 1999 | 140 ha | +12.9% |
| 2000 | 153 ha | +9.3% |
| 2001 | 166 ha | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 180 ha | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 195 ha | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 227 ha | +16.4% |
| 2005 | 238 ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 403 ha | +69.3% |
| 2007 | 381 ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 348 ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 312 ha | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 254 ha | -18.6% |
| 2011 | 210 ha | -17.3% |
| 2012 | 155 ha | -26.2% |
| 2013 | 52 ha | -66.5% |
| 2014 | 15 ha | -71.2% |
| 2015 | 10 ha | -33.3% |
| 2016 | 9 ha | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 10 ha | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 19 ha | +90.0% |
| 2019 | 20 ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 65 ha | +225.0% |
| 2021 | 137 ha | +110.8% |
| 2022 | 180 ha | +31.4% |
| 2023 | 208 ha | +15.6% |
| 2024 | 438 ha | +110.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 104.57 ha | 59 ha | 140 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 260.3 ha | 153 ha | 403 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.4 ha | 9 ha | 254 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 205.6 ha | 65 ha | 438 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Melanesia?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Melanesia was 438 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 438 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 ha in 2016.
- How does Melanesia rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Melanesia ranks 14th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2,820.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.