Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in China
China: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 18,534 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in China, 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 China is 18,534 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in China peaked at 18,658 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5,040 ha, in 1964.
China ranks 6th of 43 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,070 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,050 ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 5,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,040 ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 5,040 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,065 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 6,050 ha | +19.4% |
| 1968 | 6,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,060 ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 6,050 ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 7,050 ha | +16.5% |
| 1972 | 7,060 ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 7,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 7,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8,060 ha | +14.2% |
| 1977 | 8,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 8,070 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 8,070 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,080 ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 8,080 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,580 ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 9,085 ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 9,085 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 9,080 ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 12,080 ha | +33.0% |
| 1987 | 12,080 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 14,070 ha | +16.5% |
| 1989 | 17,270 ha | +22.7% |
| 1990 | 14,060 ha | -18.6% |
| 1991 | 10,071 ha | -28.4% |
| 1992 | 13,080 ha | +29.9% |
| 1993 | 11,085 ha | -15.3% |
| 1994 | 11,090 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 10,365 ha | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 12,100 ha | +16.7% |
| 1997 | 12,126 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 12,605 ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 12,107 ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 12,610 ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 13,112 ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 13,615 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 14,117 ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 15,119 ha | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 15,034 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 16,124 ha | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 16,625 ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 16,513 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 16,704 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 17,457 ha | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 16,536 ha | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 17,125 ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 17,425 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 18,148 ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 17,987 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 18,033 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 18,055 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 18,554 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 18,658 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 18,422 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 18,547 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 18,545 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 18,506 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 18,534 ha | +0.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 18,534 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,946 ha, 9.5× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- China's 18,534 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,520 ha, 12.2× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in China 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 | +33.0% | 9,080 ha | 12,080 ha |
| 1992 | +29.9% | 10,071 ha | 13,080 ha |
| 1991 | -28.4% | 14,060 ha | 10,071 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,386 ha | 5,040 ha | 6,060 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,360 ha | 6,050 ha | 8,070 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,749 ha | 8,080 ha | 17,270 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,869 ha | 10,071 ha | 14,060 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,957 ha | 12,610 ha | 16,704 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,798 ha | 16,536 ha | 18,658 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,511 ha | 18,422 ha | 18,547 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 3 Burkina Faso 98,417 ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 98,616 ha compare
- 4 Sri Lanka 48,875 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 42,402 ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 1,521 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
- 9 Madagascar 8,429 ha compare
- 9 Polynesia 20 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in China?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in China was 18,534 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 18,658 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,040 ha in 1964.
- How does China rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- China ranks 6th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.