Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 6,487 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Central America, 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 Central America is 6,487 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Central America peaked at 7,223 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 372.22 ha | 200 ha | 520 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 983.4 ha | 510 ha | 1,850 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,522 ha | 1,973 ha | 3,186 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,406 ha | 2,747 ha | 7,223 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,465 ha | 4,961 ha | 5,930 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,406 ha | 4,257 ha | 6,314 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,783 ha | 6,487 ha | 7,052 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Central America?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Central America was 6,487 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 7,223 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 14th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America 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.