Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Peru
Peru: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 12,028 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Peru recorded 12,028 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.6% on the previous year and up 40.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Peru peaked at 15,533 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,014 ha, in 1978.
That places Peru 22nd 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,220 ha | -7.5% |
| 1963 | 2,150 ha | -3.2% |
| 1964 | 2,360 ha | +9.8% |
| 1965 | 2,865 ha | +21.4% |
| 1966 | 3,530 ha | +23.2% |
| 1967 | 3,765 ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 3,675 ha | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 3,620 ha | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 3,940 ha | +8.8% |
| 1971 | 3,855 ha | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 3,280 ha | -14.9% |
| 1973 | 2,845 ha | -13.3% |
| 1974 | 2,815 ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 2,645 ha | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 2,890 ha | +9.3% |
| 1977 | 2,296 ha | -20.6% |
| 1978 | 2,014 ha | -12.3% |
| 1979 | 2,240 ha | +11.2% |
| 1980 | 2,529 ha | +12.9% |
| 1981 | 2,533 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 2,644 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 2,582 ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 3,027 ha | +17.2% |
| 1985 | 2,695 ha | -11.0% |
| 1986 | 3,235 ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 3,781 ha | +16.9% |
| 1988 | 2,987 ha | -21.0% |
| 1989 | 2,792 ha | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 2,715 ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 2,852 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 2,855 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 4,237 ha | +48.4% |
| 1994 | 3,858 ha | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 3,367 ha | -12.7% |
| 1996 | 4,684 ha | +39.1% |
| 1997 | 5,723 ha | +22.2% |
| 1998 | 7,459 ha | +30.3% |
| 1999 | 8,178 ha | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 9,234 ha | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 9,195 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 6,820 ha | -25.8% |
| 2003 | 6,628 ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 7,045 ha | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 7,150 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 6,857 ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 8,655 ha | +26.2% |
| 2008 | 10,820 ha | +25.0% |
| 2009 | 9,657 ha | -10.7% |
| 2010 | 15,533 ha | +60.8% |
| 2011 | 8,315 ha | -46.5% |
| 2012 | 9,013 ha | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 8,857 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 8,576 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 7,982 ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 8,843 ha | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 9,582 ha | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 11,173 ha | +16.6% |
| 2019 | 10,425 ha | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 10,045 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 12,230 ha | +21.8% |
| 2022 | 12,220 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 12,882 ha | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 12,028 ha | -6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,954 ha | 2,150 ha | 3,765 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,882 ha | 2,014 ha | 3,940 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,880 ha | 2,529 ha | 3,781 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,593 ha | 2,715 ha | 8,178 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,206 ha | 6,628 ha | 10,820 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,830 ha | 7,982 ha | 15,533 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,881 ha | 10,045 ha | 12,882 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Peru?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Peru was 12,028 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 15,533 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,014 ha in 1978.
- How does Peru rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Peru ranks 22nd out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Peru 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.