Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 42,402 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Brazil, 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 Brazil is 42,402 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 122.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 42,402 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,946 ha, in 1961.
That places Brazil 5th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,946 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,980 ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 3,748 ha | +25.8% |
| 1964 | 3,755 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 4,426 ha | +17.9% |
| 1966 | 4,394 ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 4,768 ha | +8.5% |
| 1968 | 5,567 ha | +16.8% |
| 1969 | 5,453 ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 5,473 ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 5,741 ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 6,105 ha | +6.3% |
| 1973 | 8,359 ha | +36.9% |
| 1974 | 8,261 ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 9,909 ha | +19.9% |
| 1976 | 11,173 ha | +12.8% |
| 1977 | 12,578 ha | +12.6% |
| 1978 | 15,786 ha | +25.5% |
| 1979 | 19,879 ha | +25.9% |
| 1980 | 23,069 ha | +16.0% |
| 1981 | 22,998 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 22,481 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 20,732 ha | -7.8% |
| 1984 | 20,177 ha | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 19,219 ha | -4.7% |
| 1986 | 20,532 ha | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 20,852 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 23,785 ha | +14.1% |
| 1989 | 28,450 ha | +19.6% |
| 1990 | 34,093 ha | +19.8% |
| 1991 | 36,888 ha | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 29,109 ha | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 23,572 ha | -19.0% |
| 1994 | 21,023 ha | -10.8% |
| 1995 | 18,743 ha | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 16,669 ha | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 12,040 ha | -27.8% |
| 1998 | 11,175 ha | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 13,313 ha | +19.1% |
| 2000 | 16,217 ha | +21.8% |
| 2001 | 20,739 ha | +27.9% |
| 2002 | 23,365 ha | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 25,628 ha | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 26,635 ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 31,832 ha | +19.5% |
| 2006 | 33,224 ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 32,857 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 29,549 ha | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 27,415 ha | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 23,263 ha | -15.1% |
| 2011 | 21,089 ha | -9.3% |
| 2012 | 19,427 ha | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 18,472 ha | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 19,070 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 22,105 ha | +15.9% |
| 2016 | 25,833 ha | +16.9% |
| 2017 | 28,631 ha | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 34,299 ha | +19.8% |
| 2019 | 35,320 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 37,345 ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 37,994 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 41,227 ha | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 41,026 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 42,402 ha | +3.4% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 42,402 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,946 ha, 21.8× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 42,402 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,053 ha, 40.3× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,226 ha | 2,946 ha | 5,567 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,326 ha | 5,473 ha | 19,879 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,230 ha | 19,219 ha | 28,450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,662 ha | 11,175 ha | 36,888 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,746 ha | 16,217 ha | 33,224 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,751 ha | 18,472 ha | 35,320 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,999 ha | 37,345 ha | 42,402 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 2 Indonesia 163,629 ha compare
- 3 Burkina Faso 98,417 ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 98,616 ha compare
- 4 Sri Lanka 48,875 ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 1,521 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Brazil?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Brazil was 42,402 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 42,402 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,946 ha in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 5th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 122.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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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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.