Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in New Zealand
New Zealand: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 52 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 52 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.6% on the previous year and down 71.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in New Zealand peaked at 183 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 109th of 128 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 40 ha | — |
| 1979 | 44 ha | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 47 ha | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 56 ha | +19.1% |
| 1982 | 50 ha | -10.7% |
| 1983 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 1984 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 70 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 91 ha | +30.0% |
| 1987 | 159 ha | +74.7% |
| 1988 | 67 ha | -57.9% |
| 1989 | 89 ha | +32.8% |
| 1990 | 113 ha | +27.0% |
| 1991 | 30 ha | -73.5% |
| 1992 | 41 ha | +36.7% |
| 1993 | 44 ha | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 49 ha | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 63 ha | +28.6% |
| 1996 | 84 ha | +33.3% |
| 1997 | 110 ha | +31.0% |
| 1998 | 130 ha | +18.2% |
| 1999 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 159 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 165 ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 161 ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 159 ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 160 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 158 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 145 ha | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 135 ha | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 123 ha | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 108 ha | -12.2% |
| 2014 | 183 ha | +69.4% |
| 2015 | 161 ha | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 110 ha | -31.7% |
| 2017 | 61 ha | -44.5% |
| 2018 | 39 ha | -36.1% |
| 2019 | 57 ha | +46.2% |
| 2020 | 48 ha | -15.8% |
| 2021 | 48 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 45 ha | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 52 ha | +15.6% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 52 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 213 ha, 24% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 52 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,386 ha, 2% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.4 ha | 0 ha | 44 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 74.9 ha | 47 ha | 159 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 81.4 ha | 30 ha | 150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 160.2 ha | 158 ha | 165 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 112.2 ha | 39 ha | 183 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.6 ha | 45 ha | 52 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 106 Slovakia 90 ha compare
- 107 Madagascar 87 ha compare
- 108 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 79 ha compare
- 110 Belize 40 ha compare
- 110 Cyprus 40 ha compare
- 112 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in New Zealand?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in New Zealand was 52 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 183 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- New Zealand ranks 109th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.