Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Nigeria
Nigeria: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 105,485 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Nigeria stood at 105,485 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Nigeria peaked at 105,485 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 48,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 7th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 51,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 52,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 53,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 55,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 56,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 57,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 59,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 60,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 61,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 62,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 60,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 62,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 62,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 64,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 65,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 67,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 68,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 69,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 70,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 75,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 77,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 78,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 80,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 82,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 84,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 85,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 89,048 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 75,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 1992 | 70,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 67,507 ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 70,037 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 72,766 ha | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 75,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 85,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1998 | 89,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 90,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 88,706 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 89,223 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 91,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 90,129 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 90,639 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 91,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 92,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 92,500 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 93,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 94,099 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 94,808 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 94,368 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 94,929 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 95,491 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 97,338 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 98,503 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 99,836 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 100,792 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 101,817 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 102,728 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 103,541 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 104,227 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 104,208 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 104,845 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 105,485 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,500 ha | 48,500 ha | 59,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,100 ha | 60,000 ha | 68,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 78,000 ha | 69,000 ha | 85,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 78,336 ha | 67,507 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 91,280 ha | 88,706 ha | 94,099 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 98,061 ha | 94,368 ha | 102,728 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 104,461 ha | 103,541 ha | 105,485 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 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 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
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,437 ha compare
- 10 Yugoslav SFR 41,951 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3622 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Nigeria?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Nigeria was 105,485 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 105,485 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Nigeria ranks 7th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.