Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Cambodia
Cambodia: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 373 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Cambodia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 373 ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Cambodia peaked at 860 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1979.
That places Cambodia 30th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 860 ha | +22.9% |
| 1968 | 700 ha | -18.6% |
| 1969 | 576 ha | -17.7% |
| 1970 | 576 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 570 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 680 ha | +19.3% |
| 1973 | 570 ha | -16.2% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | -12.3% |
| 1975 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 425 ha | -15.0% |
| 1979 | 300 ha | -29.4% |
| 1980 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 300 ha | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 305 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 310 ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 315 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 320 ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 325 ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 325 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 325 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 330 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 329 ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 335 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 338 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 340 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 320 ha | -5.9% |
| 1996 | 300 ha | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 325 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 325 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 350 ha | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 358 ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 370 ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 376 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 400 ha | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 387 ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 384 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 382 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 381 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 379 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 377 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 375 ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 379 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 382 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 381 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 381 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 380 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 379 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 378 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 377 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 377 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 375 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 374 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 373 ha | -0.3% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 373 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 631 ha, 59% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 373 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,520 ha, 25% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Cambodia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | -29.4% | 425 ha | 300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 659.56 ha | 576 ha | 860 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 512.1 ha | 300 ha | 680 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 317.5 ha | 300 ha | 330 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 323.7 ha | 300 ha | 340 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 371.3 ha | 325 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 379.1 ha | 375 ha | 382 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 375.2 ha | 373 ha | 377 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
- 27 Benin 631 ha compare
- 28 Malawi 463 ha compare
- 29 Costa Rica 388 ha compare
- 31 Namibia 330 ha compare
- 32 Uzbekistan 325 ha compare
- 33 Ethiopia PDR 300 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cambodia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1611 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 462.77 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7882 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5889 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Cambodia?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Cambodia was 373 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 Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 860 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1979.
- How does Cambodia rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Cambodia ranks 30th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.