Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Fiji
Fiji: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 1,520 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Fiji, 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 Fiji is 1,520 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Fiji peaked at 1,918 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 405 ha, in 1966.
Fiji ranks 22nd of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Fiji, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 610 ha | — |
| 1962 | 610 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 607 ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 607 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 607 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 405 ha | -33.3% |
| 1967 | 607 ha | +49.9% |
| 1968 | 1,330 ha | +119.1% |
| 1969 | 1,300 ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 1,290 ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 1,280 ha | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 1,270 ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 1,260 ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 1,250 ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 1,240 ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 1,230 ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 1,250 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,350 ha | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,470 ha | +8.9% |
| 1982 | 1,470 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,470 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,600 ha | +8.8% |
| 1985 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,918 ha | +19.9% |
| 1991 | 1,612 ha | -16.0% |
| 1992 | 1,650 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 1,693 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 1,700 ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 1,671 ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 1,600 ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,777 ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 1,740 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 1,800 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 1,682 ha | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 1,587 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 1,444 ha | -9.0% |
| 2016 | 1,571 ha | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 1,606 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 1,540 ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 1,577 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 1,595 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 1,543 ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 1,528 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,524 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,520 ha | -0.3% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 1,520 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,946 ha, 78% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 1,520 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,520 ha, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Fiji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +119.1% | 607 ha | 1,330 ha |
| 1967 | +49.9% | 405 ha | 607 ha |
| 1966 | -33.3% | 607 ha | 405 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 742.56 ha | 405 ha | 1,330 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,267 ha | 1,230 ha | 1,350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,536 ha | 1,350 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,694 ha | 1,600 ha | 1,918 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,800 ha | 1,800 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,632 ha | 1,444 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,542 ha | 1,520 ha | 1,595 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Fiji?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Fiji was 1,520 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 Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 1,918 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 405 ha in 1966.
- How does Fiji rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Fiji ranks 22nd out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji 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.