Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 29,121 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Sierra Leone, 2018–2024
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 Sierra Leone is 29,121 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 121.6% on the previous year and down 28.4% over ten years.
Sierra Leone ranks 13th of 128 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 40,644 ha | — |
| 2019 | 15,089 ha | -62.9% |
| 2020 | 76,223 ha | +405.2% |
| 2021 | 17,980 ha | -76.4% |
| 2022 | 25,052 ha | +39.3% |
| 2023 | 13,141 ha | -47.5% |
| 2024 | 29,121 ha | +121.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 27,866 ha | 15,089 ha | 40,644 ha | 2 |
| 2020s | 32,303 ha | 13,141 ha | 76,223 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,437 ha compare
- 10 Yugoslav SFR 41,951 ha
- 11 Benin 35,000 ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,077 ha compare
- 12 Republic of Korea 30,775 ha compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 2,100 ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 603 ha compare
- 14 Cameroon 26,241 ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 438 ha compare
- 15 Spain 23,500 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 20 ha compare
- 16 Tunisia 20,319 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2954 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 250 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5407 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Sierra Leone?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Sierra Leone was 29,121 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 76,223 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,141 ha in 2023.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Sierra Leone ranks 13th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.