Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in South America
South America: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 47,535 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in South America, 1961–2024
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 South America is 47,535 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in South America peaked at 52,930 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 18,711 ha, in 1964.
That places South America 18th 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 South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,766 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,670 ha | +4.6% |
| 1963 | 19,725 ha | -4.6% |
| 1964 | 18,711 ha | -5.1% |
| 1965 | 21,614 ha | +15.5% |
| 1966 | 22,960 ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 23,161 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 23,267 ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 24,387 ha | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 22,025 ha | -9.7% |
| 1971 | 23,212 ha | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 25,329 ha | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 24,211 ha | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 23,528 ha | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 23,656 ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 25,560 ha | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 24,620 ha | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 24,187 ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 27,598 ha | +14.1% |
| 1980 | 27,502 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 24,869 ha | -9.6% |
| 1982 | 25,552 ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 27,028 ha | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 25,616 ha | -5.2% |
| 1985 | 25,708 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 27,793 ha | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 27,976 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 26,854 ha | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 27,755 ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 27,531 ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 26,305 ha | -4.5% |
| 1992 | 29,256 ha | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 31,178 ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 30,087 ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 30,424 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 30,966 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 29,263 ha | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 33,611 ha | +14.9% |
| 1999 | 35,689 ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 35,326 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 35,457 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 31,599 ha | -10.9% |
| 2003 | 33,064 ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 34,492 ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 33,410 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 33,064 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 35,627 ha | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 39,170 ha | +9.9% |
| 2009 | 33,748 ha | -13.8% |
| 2010 | 45,649 ha | +35.3% |
| 2011 | 41,138 ha | -9.9% |
| 2012 | 37,880 ha | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 40,375 ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 37,919 ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 36,950 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 37,202 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 41,263 ha | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 44,049 ha | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 44,782 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 43,143 ha | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 52,930 ha | +22.7% |
| 2022 | 46,547 ha | -12.1% |
| 2023 | 47,731 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 47,535 ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,585 ha | 18,711 ha | 24,387 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,393 ha | 22,025 ha | 27,598 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,665 ha | 24,869 ha | 27,976 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,431 ha | 26,305 ha | 35,689 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,496 ha | 31,599 ha | 39,170 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,721 ha | 36,950 ha | 45,649 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,577 ha | 43,143 ha | 52,930 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in South America?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in South America was 47,535 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 America?
- The highest recorded value was 52,930 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,711 ha in 1964.
- How does South America rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- South America ranks 18th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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.