Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 34 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 34 ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 63.4% on the previous year and down 85.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 600 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 8 ha, in 1985.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 8 ha | — |
| 1986 | 50 ha | +525.0% |
| 1987 | 100 ha | +100.0% |
| 1988 | 140 ha | +40.0% |
| 1989 | 200 ha | +42.9% |
| 1990 | 280 ha | +40.0% |
| 1991 | 160 ha | -42.9% |
| 1992 | 250 ha | +56.2% |
| 1993 | 160 ha | -36.0% |
| 1994 | 220 ha | +37.5% |
| 1995 | 400 ha | +81.8% |
| 1996 | 250 ha | -37.5% |
| 1997 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 330 ha | +26.9% |
| 1999 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 460 ha | +39.4% |
| 2002 | 600 ha | +30.4% |
| 2003 | 460 ha | -23.3% |
| 2004 | 370 ha | -19.6% |
| 2005 | 187 ha | -49.5% |
| 2006 | 146 ha | -21.9% |
| 2007 | 161 ha | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 229 ha | +42.2% |
| 2009 | 250 ha | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 244 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 241 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 237 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 239 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 235 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 235 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 314 ha | +33.6% |
| 2017 | 242 ha | -22.9% |
| 2018 | 185 ha | -23.6% |
| 2019 | 115 ha | -37.8% |
| 2020 | 133 ha | +15.7% |
| 2021 | 98 ha | -26.3% |
| 2022 | 92 ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 93 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 34 ha | -63.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +525.0% | 8 ha | 50 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.6 ha | 8 ha | 200 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 264 ha | 160 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 319.3 ha | 146 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 228.7 ha | 115 ha | 314 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 90 ha | 34 ha | 133 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 16 Brunei Darussalam 1,766 ha compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 407 ha compare
- 17 Zimbabwe 1,748 ha compare
- 18 Tajikistan 1,710 ha compare
- 19 Uganda 1,689 ha compare
- 20 Honduras 1,590 ha compare
- 21 Philippines 1,578 ha compare
- 22 Fiji 1,520 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Caribbean was 34 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 600 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 ha in 1985.
- How does Caribbean rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 19th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 85.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.