Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 4,401 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Zimbabwe, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 4,401 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 197.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Zimbabwe peaked at 4,401 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13 ha, in 1991.
That places Zimbabwe 39th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 13 ha | — |
| 1992 | 26 ha | +100.0% |
| 1993 | 25 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 37 ha | +48.0% |
| 1995 | 38 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 31 ha | -18.4% |
| 1997 | 78 ha | +151.6% |
| 1998 | 28 ha | -64.1% |
| 1999 | 123 ha | +339.3% |
| 2000 | 155 ha | +26.0% |
| 2001 | 193 ha | +24.5% |
| 2002 | 234 ha | +21.2% |
| 2003 | 280 ha | +19.7% |
| 2004 | 372 ha | +32.9% |
| 2005 | 427 ha | +14.8% |
| 2006 | 483 ha | +13.1% |
| 2007 | 539 ha | +11.6% |
| 2008 | 596 ha | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 657 ha | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 721 ha | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 917 ha | +27.2% |
| 2012 | 1,036 ha | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 1,167 ha | +12.6% |
| 2014 | 1,482 ha | +27.0% |
| 2015 | 1,677 ha | +13.2% |
| 2016 | 1,881 ha | +12.2% |
| 2017 | 2,092 ha | +11.2% |
| 2018 | 2,310 ha | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 2,948 ha | +27.6% |
| 2020 | 3,644 ha | +23.6% |
| 2021 | 4,303 ha | +18.1% |
| 2022 | 3,929 ha | -8.7% |
| 2023 | 4,104 ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 4,401 ha | +7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 44.33 ha | 13 ha | 123 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 393.6 ha | 155 ha | 657 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,623 ha | 721 ha | 2,948 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,076 ha | 3,644 ha | 4,401 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Zimbabwe?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Zimbabwe was 4,401 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,401 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 ha in 1991.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Zimbabwe ranks 39th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 197.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.