Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Uruguay
Uruguay: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 213 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Uruguay, 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 Uruguay stood at 213 ha.
That represents a change of down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Uruguay peaked at 800 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 210 ha, in 2021.
That places Uruguay 89th out of 128 countries 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 Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 641 ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 ha | -6.4% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 612 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 610 ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 610 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 610 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 610 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 610 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 620 ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 630 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 650 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 680 ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 700 ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 582 ha | -16.9% |
| 1990 | 580 ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 585 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 500 ha | -14.5% |
| 1993 | 588 ha | +17.6% |
| 1994 | 590 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 600 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 543 ha | -9.5% |
| 1997 | 650 ha | +19.7% |
| 1998 | 591 ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 700 ha | +18.4% |
| 2000 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 444 ha | -44.5% |
| 2003 | 434 ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 459 ha | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 334 ha | -27.2% |
| 2006 | 334 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 333 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 281 ha | -15.6% |
| 2009 | 263 ha | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 258 ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 267 ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 250 ha | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 217 ha | -13.2% |
| 2014 | 226 ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 221 ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 218 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 220 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 222 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 218 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 216 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 210 ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 215 ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 213 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 213 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 609.22 ha | 600 ha | 641 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 655 ha | 610 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 688.2 ha | 582 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 592.7 ha | 500 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 443.2 ha | 263 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 231.7 ha | 217 ha | 267 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 213.4 ha | 210 ha | 216 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0638 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Uruguay?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Uruguay was 213 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 800 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 210 ha in 2021.
- How does Uruguay rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Uruguay ranks 89th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.