Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 26,271 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Middle Africa, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 26,271 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Middle Africa peaked at 27,184 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1990.
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 Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1994 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 3,200 ha | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 3,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1998 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 4,563 ha | +23.3% |
| 2000 | 4,563 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 4,595 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 5,533 ha | +20.4% |
| 2003 | 6,127 ha | +10.7% |
| 2004 | 6,790 ha | +10.8% |
| 2005 | 3,342 ha | -50.8% |
| 2006 | 3,873 ha | +15.9% |
| 2007 | 10,100 ha | +160.8% |
| 2008 | 11,062 ha | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 12,032 ha | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 13,276 ha | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 14,202 ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 18,664 ha | +31.4% |
| 2013 | 17,914 ha | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 21,804 ha | +21.7% |
| 2015 | 24,987 ha | +14.6% |
| 2016 | 27,184 ha | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 24,662 ha | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 26,138 ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 26,855 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 25,885 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 26,293 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 26,345 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 26,174 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 26,271 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,946 ha | 2,000 ha | 4,563 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,802 ha | 3,342 ha | 12,032 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,569 ha | 13,276 ha | 27,184 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,194 ha | 25,885 ha | 26,345 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 China 772,929 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 770,656 ha compare
- 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
- 6 Mexico 156,731 ha compare
- 7 Nigeria 105,485 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,410 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Middle Africa?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Middle Africa was 26,271 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 27,184 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1990.
- How does Middle Africa rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Middle Africa ranks 4th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.