Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 237 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Southern Africa, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Southern Africa stood at 237 ha. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Southern Africa peaked at 237 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22 ha, in 1998.
That places Southern Africa 27th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 Southern 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 | 51 ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 53 ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 60 ha | +13.2% |
| 2003 | 67 ha | +11.7% |
| 2004 | 79 ha | +17.9% |
| 2005 | 101 ha | +27.8% |
| 2006 | 103 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 110 ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 120 ha | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 170 ha | +41.7% |
| 2010 | 175 ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 176 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 180 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 193 ha | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 200 ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 208 ha | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 216 ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 220 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 231 ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 227 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 229 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 236 ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 237 ha | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Southern 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 |
| 2009 | +41.7% | 120 ha | 170 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.22 ha | 22 ha | 47 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 91.4 ha | 51 ha | 170 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 200.8 ha | 175 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 232 ha | 227 ha | 237 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 24 Ukraine 11,200 ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 3,941 ha compare
- 25 Kazakhstan 10,451 ha compare
- 26 Dominican Republic 10,226 ha compare
- 27 Serbia 9,483 ha compare
- 28 North Macedonia 9,479 ha compare
- 29 Romania 9,390 ha compare
- 30 Italy 9,250 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Southern Africa?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Southern Africa was 237 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 237 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 22 ha in 1998.
- How does Southern Africa rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Southern Africa ranks 27th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern 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.