Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Northern America
Northern America: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 20,119 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Northern America, 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 Northern America stood at 20,119 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Northern America peaked at 40,071 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 17,721 ha, in 1964.
That places Northern America 20th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,513 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,915 ha | -8.2% |
| 1963 | 18,350 ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 17,721 ha | -3.4% |
| 1965 | 18,725 ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 19,915 ha | +6.4% |
| 1967 | 19,616 ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 21,590 ha | +10.1% |
| 1969 | 21,681 ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 19,887 ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 20,489 ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 20,023 ha | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 19,896 ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 20,165 ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 21,036 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 22,272 ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 23,322 ha | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 23,039 ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 25,607 ha | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 23,110 ha | -9.8% |
| 1981 | 23,953 ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 21,946 ha | -8.4% |
| 1983 | 21,655 ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 22,216 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 23,583 ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 23,999 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 25,635 ha | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 25,675 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 25,519 ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 27,036 ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 28,511 ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 29,636 ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 29,357 ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 28,326 ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 29,482 ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 29,719 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 24,907 ha | -16.2% |
| 1998 | 24,823 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 24,824 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 40,071 ha | +61.4% |
| 2001 | 37,756 ha | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 35,954 ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 35,542 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 35,390 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 38,146 ha | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 34,739 ha | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 34,073 ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 32,506 ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 33,276 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 31,008 ha | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 30,009 ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 29,103 ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 28,673 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 28,163 ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 27,507 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 28,033 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 26,089 ha | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 24,315 ha | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 23,267 ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 20,177 ha | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 20,191 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 20,976 ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 20,938 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 20,119 ha | -3.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Northern America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +61.4% | 24,824 ha | 40,071 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,447 ha | 17,721 ha | 21,681 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,574 ha | 19,887 ha | 25,607 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,729 ha | 21,655 ha | 25,675 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,662 ha | 24,823 ha | 29,719 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,745 ha | 32,506 ha | 40,071 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,617 ha | 23,267 ha | 31,008 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,480 ha | 20,119 ha | 20,976 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Northern America?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Northern America was 20,119 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 40,071 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,721 ha in 1964.
- How does Northern America rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Northern America ranks 20th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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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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.