Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Western Asia
Western Asia: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 115,144 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia is 115,144 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 12.6% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Western Asia peaked at 115,144 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 25,330 ha, in 1961.
Western Asia ranks 13th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,330 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,852 ha | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 27,073 ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 28,244 ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 29,548 ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 30,135 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 30,134 ha | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 28,143 ha | -6.6% |
| 1969 | 29,069 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 31,581 ha | +8.6% |
| 1971 | 33,559 ha | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 33,627 ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 33,737 ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 36,783 ha | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 37,559 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 37,686 ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 44,013 ha | +16.8% |
| 1978 | 48,904 ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 49,079 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 50,031 ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 62,923 ha | +25.8% |
| 1982 | 58,463 ha | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 58,078 ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 57,390 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 61,960 ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 61,011 ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 59,074 ha | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 58,316 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 59,823 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 60,640 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 60,343 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 66,980 ha | +11.0% |
| 1993 | 69,814 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 68,592 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 75,115 ha | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 75,874 ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 74,487 ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 82,705 ha | +11.0% |
| 1999 | 82,582 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 83,037 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 86,301 ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 90,541 ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 93,499 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 96,088 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 100,366 ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 100,149 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 98,338 ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 105,082 ha | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 102,110 ha | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 108,995 ha | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 104,447 ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 107,349 ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 109,148 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 107,757 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 102,874 ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 104,502 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 105,157 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 104,328 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 102,946 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 105,533 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 108,772 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 104,139 ha | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 102,256 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 115,144 ha | +12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,281 ha | 25,330 ha | 30,135 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,653 ha | 31,581 ha | 49,079 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 58,707 ha | 50,031 ha | 62,923 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 71,713 ha | 60,343 ha | 82,705 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 95,551 ha | 83,037 ha | 105,082 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 105,750 ha | 102,874 ha | 109,148 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 107,169 ha | 102,256 ha | 115,144 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,437 ha compare
- 10 Yugoslav SFR 41,951 ha compare
- 11 Benin 35,000 ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,077 ha compare
- 12 Republic of Korea 30,775 ha compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 2,100 ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Western Asia?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Western Asia was 115,144 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 115,144 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,330 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Western Asia ranks 13th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.