Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 663,670 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Asia, 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 Asia is 663,670 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 56.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Asia peaked at 692,823 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 137,285 ha, in 1961.
That places Asia 2nd out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 161,644 ha | 137,285 ha | 182,066 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 181,844 ha | 167,465 ha | 192,668 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 218,868 ha | 192,489 ha | 291,856 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 326,677 ha | 301,299 ha | 394,153 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 472,433 ha | 369,991 ha | 558,243 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 486,440 ha | 418,946 ha | 626,441 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 661,215 ha | 645,842 ha | 692,823 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Asia
- Tomatoes — Production 113.95 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 73.05 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.10 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 4.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 2.08 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 531.98 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 866.88 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 68.35 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 79 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 2.65 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Asia?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Asia was 663,670 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 692,823 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 137,285 ha in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 2nd out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.