Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Rwanda
Rwanda: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 2,153 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Rwanda, 2008–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Rwanda is 2,153 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 65.5% on the previous year and up 566.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Rwanda peaked at 2,156 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 299 ha, in 2013.
That places Rwanda 58th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 300 ha | — |
| 2009 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 2010 | 372 ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 333 ha | -10.5% |
| 2012 | 300 ha | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 299 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 323 ha | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 366 ha | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 447 ha | +22.1% |
| 2017 | 698 ha | +56.2% |
| 2018 | 817 ha | +17.0% |
| 2019 | 1,621 ha | +98.4% |
| 2020 | 1,315 ha | -18.9% |
| 2021 | 1,624 ha | +23.5% |
| 2022 | 2,156 ha | +32.8% |
| 2023 | 1,301 ha | -39.7% |
| 2024 | 2,153 ha | +65.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 350 ha | 300 ha | 400 ha | 2 |
| 2010s | 557.6 ha | 299 ha | 1,621 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,710 ha | 1,301 ha | 2,156 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.203 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6953 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6909 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Rwanda?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Rwanda was 2,153 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 2,156 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 299 ha in 2013.
- How does Rwanda rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Rwanda ranks 58th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 566.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.