Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in South Africa
South Africa: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 139 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in South Africa, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 139 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in South Africa peaked at 139 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22 ha, in 1998.
That places South Africa 98th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 30 ha | — |
| 1992 | 25 ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 27 ha | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 28 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 22 ha | -21.4% |
| 1999 | 47 ha | +113.6% |
| 2000 | 50 ha | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 60 ha | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 70 ha | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 90 ha | +28.6% |
| 2006 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 95 ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 105 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 110 ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 115 ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 115 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 120 ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 125 ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 130 ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 132 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 137 ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 139 ha | +1.5% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 139 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,401 ha, 4% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 139 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,401 ha, 3% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in South Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +113.6% | 22 ha | 47 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.22 ha | 22 ha | 47 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 75 ha | 50 ha | 95 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 112 ha | 95 ha | 125 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 133.6 ha | 130 ha | 139 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 95 United Arab Emirates 158 ha compare
- 96 Panama 156 ha compare
- 97 Austria 140 ha compare
- 98 Montenegro 139 ha compare
- 100 Brunei Darussalam 122 ha compare
- 101 Belgium 120 ha compare
- 101 Germany 120 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in South Africa?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in South Africa was 139 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 139 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 22 ha in 1998.
- How does South Africa rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- South Africa ranks 98th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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.