Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Mexico
Mexico: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 156,731 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Mexico is 156,731 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.5% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Mexico peaked at 173,134 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 34,117 ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 6th of 128 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,117 ha | — |
| 1962 | 37,409 ha | +9.6% |
| 1963 | 40,129 ha | +7.3% |
| 1964 | 41,517 ha | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 41,751 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 42,502 ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 37,801 ha | -11.1% |
| 1968 | 38,259 ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 35,588 ha | -7.0% |
| 1970 | 36,291 ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 44,949 ha | +23.9% |
| 1972 | 60,787 ha | +35.2% |
| 1973 | 56,876 ha | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 55,765 ha | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 40,189 ha | -27.9% |
| 1976 | 40,246 ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 49,821 ha | +23.8% |
| 1978 | 55,911 ha | +12.2% |
| 1979 | 57,909 ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 60,652 ha | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 45,106 ha | -25.6% |
| 1982 | 61,910 ha | +37.3% |
| 1983 | 47,762 ha | -22.9% |
| 1984 | 50,935 ha | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 79,329 ha | +55.7% |
| 1986 | 66,184 ha | -16.6% |
| 1987 | 65,483 ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 72,580 ha | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 74,471 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 66,413 ha | -10.8% |
| 1991 | 73,360 ha | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 96,104 ha | +31.0% |
| 1993 | 102,347 ha | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 83,589 ha | -18.3% |
| 1995 | 75,972 ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 82,722 ha | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 99,655 ha | +20.5% |
| 1998 | 155,980 ha | +56.5% |
| 1999 | 163,533 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 145,427 ha | -11.1% |
| 2001 | 146,890 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 140,174 ha | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 140,693 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 82,048 ha | -41.7% |
| 2005 | 92,193 ha | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 92,292 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 87,863 ha | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 132,337 ha | +50.6% |
| 2009 | 140,440 ha | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 143,979 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 144,391 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 136,132 ha | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 132,910 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 143,465 ha | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 148,689 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 170,135 ha | +14.4% |
| 2017 | 160,438 ha | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 156,799 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 149,577 ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 157,911 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 147,808 ha | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 156,932 ha | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 173,134 ha | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 156,731 ha | -9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38,786 ha | 34,117 ha | 42,502 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,874 ha | 36,291 ha | 60,787 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 62,441 ha | 45,106 ha | 79,329 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 99,968 ha | 66,413 ha | 163,533 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 120,036 ha | 82,048 ha | 146,890 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 148,652 ha | 132,910 ha | 170,135 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 158,503 ha | 147,808 ha | 173,134 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 3 India 479,679 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 85,508 ha compare
- 4 Indonesia 330,218 ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 24,868 ha compare
- 5 Ethiopia 187,924 ha compare
- 7 Nigeria 105,485 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,410 ha compare
- 8 Guinea 94,671 ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10,900 ha compare
- 9 Egypt 58,485 ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 6,474 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Mexico?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Mexico was 156,731 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 173,134 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,117 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Mexico ranks 6th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.