Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 34 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1961–2024
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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines stood at 34 ha.
The figure is down 35.8% on the previous year and down 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines peaked at 105 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3 ha, in 1961.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 112th of 128 countries on this measure, 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4 ha | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 4 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6 ha | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 5 ha | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4 ha | -20.0% |
| 1978 | 6 ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 7 ha | +16.7% |
| 1980 | 8 ha | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 20 ha | +150.0% |
| 1982 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 1983 | 40 ha | +33.3% |
| 1984 | 60 ha | +50.0% |
| 1985 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 90 ha | +50.0% |
| 1988 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 80 ha | -11.1% |
| 1990 | 70 ha | -12.5% |
| 1991 | 65 ha | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 66 ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 70 ha | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 68 ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 75 ha | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 75 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 80 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 82 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 85 ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 90 ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 95 ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 90 ha | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 89 ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 90 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 95 ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 105 ha | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 69 ha | -34.3% |
| 2011 | 51 ha | -26.1% |
| 2012 | 28 ha | -45.1% |
| 2013 | 36 ha | +28.6% |
| 2014 | 44 ha | +22.2% |
| 2015 | 58 ha | +31.8% |
| 2016 | 18 ha | -69.0% |
| 2017 | 19 ha | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 73 ha | +284.2% |
| 2019 | 98 ha | +34.2% |
| 2020 | 72 ha | -26.5% |
| 2021 | 55 ha | -23.6% |
| 2022 | 53 ha | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 53 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 34 ha | -35.8% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines compared with similar countries
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines's 34 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,401 ha, 1% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines's 34 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 729 ha, 5% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +284.2% | 19 ha | 73 ha |
| 1981 | +150.0% | 8 ha | 20 ha |
| 2016 | -69.0% | 58 ha | 18 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.67 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53.8 ha | 8 ha | 90 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 72.1 ha | 65 ha | 82 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 93.4 ha | 85 ha | 105 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.4 ha | 18 ha | 98 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.4 ha | 34 ha | 72 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 109 New Zealand 52 ha compare
- 110 Belize 40 ha compare
- 110 Cyprus 40 ha compare
- 113 Antigua and Barbuda 24 ha compare
- 113 Gabon 24 ha compare
- 115 French Polynesia 20 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0344 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 431.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9414 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5202 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was 34 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The highest recorded value was 105 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 ha in 1961.
- How does Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 112th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.