Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 52,205 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Americas is 52,205 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 93.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Americas peaked at 52,205 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,146 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,146 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,220 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 4,048 ha | +25.7% |
| 1964 | 4,125 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 4,826 ha | +17.0% |
| 1966 | 4,854 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 5,168 ha | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 6,027 ha | +16.6% |
| 1969 | 5,973 ha | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 6,088 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 6,251 ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 6,615 ha | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 8,939 ha | +35.1% |
| 1974 | 8,921 ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 10,799 ha | +21.1% |
| 1976 | 12,024 ha | +11.3% |
| 1977 | 14,112 ha | +17.4% |
| 1978 | 17,636 ha | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 21,713 ha | +23.1% |
| 1980 | 25,042 ha | +15.3% |
| 1981 | 25,316 ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 24,554 ha | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 23,077 ha | -6.0% |
| 1984 | 22,908 ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 21,318 ha | -6.9% |
| 1986 | 23,390 ha | +9.7% |
| 1987 | 23,656 ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 27,134 ha | +14.7% |
| 1989 | 31,689 ha | +16.8% |
| 1990 | 37,521 ha | +18.4% |
| 1991 | 40,444 ha | +7.8% |
| 1992 | 32,143 ha | -20.5% |
| 1993 | 26,600 ha | -17.2% |
| 1994 | 24,478 ha | -8.0% |
| 1995 | 22,397 ha | -8.5% |
| 1996 | 23,758 ha | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 17,624 ha | -25.8% |
| 1998 | 19,797 ha | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 23,790 ha | +20.2% |
| 2000 | 24,528 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 29,861 ha | +21.7% |
| 2002 | 33,069 ha | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 35,799 ha | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 37,665 ha | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 41,889 ha | +11.2% |
| 2006 | 43,719 ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 43,363 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 40,420 ha | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 38,235 ha | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 31,016 ha | -18.9% |
| 2011 | 28,480 ha | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 26,329 ha | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 25,953 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 27,029 ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 30,114 ha | +11.4% |
| 2016 | 34,589 ha | +14.9% |
| 2017 | 38,116 ha | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 43,886 ha | +15.1% |
| 2019 | 45,040 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 47,791 ha | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 48,373 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 51,351 ha | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 51,026 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 52,205 ha | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,599 ha | 3,146 ha | 6,027 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,310 ha | 6,088 ha | 21,713 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,808 ha | 21,318 ha | 31,689 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,855 ha | 17,624 ha | 40,444 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,855 ha | 24,528 ha | 43,719 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,055 ha | 25,953 ha | 45,040 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,149 ha | 47,791 ha | 52,205 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 6 China 18,534 ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 983 ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 18,402 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 35 ha compare
- 8 Niger 12,542 ha compare
- 9 Madagascar 8,429 ha compare
- 9 Polynesia 20 ha compare
- 10 Malaysia 8,289 ha compare
- 11 Ethiopia 7,274 ha compare
- 12 Iraq 5,583 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Americas?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Americas was 52,205 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 52,205 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,146 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 9th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.