Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 61,841 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe is 61,841 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Southern Europe peaked at 94,973 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 54,020 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Europe 16th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54,020 ha | — |
| 1962 | 57,290 ha | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 63,080 ha | +10.1% |
| 1964 | 61,748 ha | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 63,944 ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 69,627 ha | +8.9% |
| 1967 | 71,655 ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 73,450 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 72,540 ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 76,875 ha | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 77,746 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 83,712 ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 88,859 ha | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 86,272 ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 85,908 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 88,394 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 89,584 ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 94,793 ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 94,973 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 90,782 ha | -4.4% |
| 1981 | 90,952 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 89,966 ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 89,052 ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 86,271 ha | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 87,077 ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 87,389 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 93,953 ha | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 84,653 ha | -9.9% |
| 1989 | 84,589 ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 89,845 ha | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 89,867 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 83,582 ha | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 82,526 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 81,577 ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 79,895 ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 84,279 ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 84,926 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 85,880 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 81,209 ha | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 76,733 ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 77,263 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 75,628 ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 77,839 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 77,355 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 78,069 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 78,616 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 78,203 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 71,978 ha | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 71,974 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 69,590 ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 66,939 ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 61,915 ha | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 62,474 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 61,290 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 64,878 ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 68,685 ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 69,016 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 64,770 ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 62,672 ha | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 63,591 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 64,294 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 61,335 ha | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 59,951 ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 61,841 ha | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65,262 ha | 54,020 ha | 73,450 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 86,712 ha | 76,875 ha | 94,973 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 88,468 ha | 84,589 ha | 93,953 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 84,359 ha | 79,895 ha | 89,867 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 76,366 ha | 71,974 ha | 78,616 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,223 ha | 61,290 ha | 69,590 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,202 ha | 59,951 ha | 64,294 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 13 Sierra Leone 29,121 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
- 17 Serbia and Montenegro 19,944 ha compare
- 18 Algeria 17,204 ha compare
- 19 Sri Lanka 15,154 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Southern Europe?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Southern Europe was 61,841 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 94,973 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,020 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Southern Europe ranks 16th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.