Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Nepal
Nepal: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 11,806 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Nepal, 1998–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 11,806 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 47.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Nepal peaked at 12,134 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1998.
That places Nepal 23rd out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 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 Nepal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1999 | 2,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 2000 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 3,059 ha | +22.4% |
| 2002 | 3,325 ha | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 3,344 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 3,467 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 3,945 ha | +13.8% |
| 2006 | 4,293 ha | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 4,780 ha | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 4,721 ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 6,152 ha | +30.3% |
| 2010 | 6,394 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 6,349 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 6,691 ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 6,680 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 8,033 ha | +20.3% |
| 2015 | 10,256 ha | +27.7% |
| 2016 | 11,751 ha | +14.6% |
| 2017 | 9,964 ha | -15.2% |
| 2018 | 11,282 ha | +13.2% |
| 2019 | 12,134 ha | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 11,633 ha | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 10,197 ha | -12.3% |
| 2022 | 10,714 ha | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 11,349 ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 11,806 ha | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,500 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 3,959 ha | 2,500 ha | 6,152 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,953 ha | 6,349 ha | 12,134 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,140 ha | 10,197 ha | 11,806 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 20 Ghana 14,731 ha compare
- 21 Niger 13,074 ha compare
- 22 Peru 12,028 ha compare
- 24 Ukraine 11,200 ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 3,941 ha compare
- 25 Kazakhstan 10,451 ha compare
- 26 Dominican Republic 10,226 ha compare
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.33 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Nepal?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Nepal was 11,806 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 12,134 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1998.
- How does Nepal rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Nepal ranks 23rd out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nepal 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.