Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 22,199 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 22,199 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 27,547 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7,515 ha, in 1978.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,800 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 12,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 12,275 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 12,675 ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 12,605 ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 12,970 ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 13,170 ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 13,300 ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 8,800 ha | -33.8% |
| 1971 | 12,995 ha | +47.7% |
| 1972 | 9,630 ha | -25.9% |
| 1973 | 9,300 ha | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 7,600 ha | -18.3% |
| 1975 | 10,800 ha | +42.1% |
| 1976 | 9,015 ha | -16.5% |
| 1977 | 8,000 ha | -11.3% |
| 1978 | 7,515 ha | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 7,970 ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 8,450 ha | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 8,585 ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 8,630 ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 9,120 ha | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 9,690 ha | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 10,125 ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 10,525 ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 10,690 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 11,840 ha | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 11,040 ha | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 11,699 ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 11,578 ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 10,045 ha | -13.2% |
| 1993 | 11,464 ha | +14.1% |
| 1994 | 11,273 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 10,419 ha | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 11,151 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 10,838 ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 11,835 ha | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 12,036 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 12,703 ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 13,029 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 13,519 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 13,592 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 13,845 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 20,587 ha | +48.7% |
| 2006 | 21,327 ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 21,346 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 21,661 ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 21,400 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 22,657 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 25,374 ha | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 24,316 ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 24,048 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 23,356 ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 27,547 ha | +17.9% |
| 2016 | 25,253 ha | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 23,790 ha | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 23,085 ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 22,252 ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 24,254 ha | +9.0% |
| 2021 | 23,231 ha | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 21,943 ha | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 22,487 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 22,199 ha | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,499 ha | 11,600 ha | 13,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,162 ha | 7,515 ha | 12,995 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,870 ha | 8,450 ha | 11,840 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,234 ha | 10,045 ha | 12,036 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,301 ha | 12,703 ha | 21,661 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,168 ha | 22,252 ha | 27,547 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,823 ha | 21,943 ha | 24,254 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 22,199 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 27,547 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,515 ha in 1978.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 11th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.