Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Tunisia
Tunisia: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 20,319 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 20,319 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.2% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Tunisia peaked at 23,000 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 7,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Tunisia 16th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 9,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 9,800 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 13,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1977 | 14,200 ha | +9.2% |
| 1978 | 13,500 ha | -4.9% |
| 1979 | 14,900 ha | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 18,100 ha | +21.5% |
| 1981 | 21,700 ha | +19.9% |
| 1982 | 19,800 ha | -8.8% |
| 1983 | 19,900 ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 13,000 ha | -34.7% |
| 1985 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 20,100 ha | +43.6% |
| 1989 | 16,200 ha | -19.4% |
| 1990 | 20,000 ha | +23.5% |
| 1991 | 16,800 ha | -16.0% |
| 1992 | 17,300 ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 20,500 ha | +18.5% |
| 1994 | 18,700 ha | -8.8% |
| 1995 | 19,200 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 20,100 ha | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 23,000 ha | +14.4% |
| 1998 | 21,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1999 | 19,700 ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 16,900 ha | -14.2% |
| 2001 | 16,400 ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 18,100 ha | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 18,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 18,600 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 18,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 18,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 18,700 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 20,300 ha | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 18,900 ha | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 19,400 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 18,000 ha | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 18,738 ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 21,190 ha | +13.1% |
| 2014 | 20,828 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 22,960 ha | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 21,070 ha | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 21,551 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 21,147 ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 19,581 ha | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 18,531 ha | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 20,010 ha | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 18,356 ha | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 19,136 ha | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 20,319 ha | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,556 ha | 7,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,690 ha | 9,500 ha | 14,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,080 ha | 13,000 ha | 21,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,630 ha | 16,800 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,330 ha | 16,400 ha | 20,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,446 ha | 18,000 ha | 22,960 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,270 ha | 18,356 ha | 20,319 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1029 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Tunisia?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Tunisia was 20,319 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 23,000 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Tunisia rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Tunisia ranks 16th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.