Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Western Europe
Western Europe: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 3,344 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 3,344 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 54.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Western Europe peaked at 3,448 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 600 ha, in 1961.
Western Europe ranks 26th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 728 ha | +21.3% |
| 1963 | 845 ha | +16.1% |
| 1964 | 883 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 924 ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 1,351 ha | +46.2% |
| 1967 | 1,672 ha | +23.8% |
| 1968 | 1,704 ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 2,010 ha | +18.0% |
| 1970 | 2,363 ha | +17.6% |
| 1971 | 2,066 ha | -12.6% |
| 1972 | 2,383 ha | +15.3% |
| 1973 | 2,449 ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 2,434 ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 2,570 ha | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 2,551 ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 2,743 ha | +7.5% |
| 1978 | 2,841 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 2,449 ha | -13.8% |
| 1980 | 2,342 ha | -4.4% |
| 1981 | 2,304 ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 2,268 ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 1,917 ha | -15.5% |
| 1984 | 1,941 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 1,814 ha | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 1,921 ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 2,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 1,746 ha | -12.7% |
| 1989 | 1,997 ha | +14.4% |
| 1990 | 2,157 ha | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 2,248 ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 2,355 ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 2,603 ha | +10.5% |
| 1994 | 2,440 ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 2,589 ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 2,562 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 2,428 ha | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 2,335 ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 2,379 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 2,167 ha | -8.9% |
| 2001 | 2,208 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 2,297 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 2,236 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 2,157 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 2,114 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 2,067 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 2,420 ha | +17.1% |
| 2008 | 2,546 ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 2,525 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 2,336 ha | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 2,292 ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 2,349 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 2,164 ha | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 2,170 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,248 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 2,811 ha | +25.0% |
| 2017 | 2,856 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 2,641 ha | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 2,833 ha | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 3,299 ha | +16.4% |
| 2021 | 3,410 ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 3,448 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 3,336 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 3,344 ha | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Western Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +46.2% | 924 ha | 1,351 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,191 ha | 600 ha | 2,010 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,485 ha | 2,066 ha | 2,841 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,025 ha | 1,746 ha | 2,342 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,410 ha | 2,157 ha | 2,603 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,274 ha | 2,067 ha | 2,546 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,470 ha | 2,164 ha | 2,856 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,367 ha | 3,299 ha | 3,448 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 23 Nepal 11,806 ha compare
- 24 Ukraine 11,200 ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 3,941 ha compare
- 25 Kazakhstan 10,451 ha compare
- 26 Dominican Republic 10,226 ha compare
- 27 Serbia 9,483 ha compare
- 28 North Macedonia 9,479 ha compare
- 29 Romania 9,390 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Western Europe?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Western Europe was 3,344 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,448 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Western Europe ranks 26th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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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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.