Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Guyana
Guyana: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 804 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Guyana, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Guyana stood at 804 ha.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Guyana peaked at 923 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 340 ha, in 1997.
That places Guyana 24th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Guyana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 340 ha | — |
| 1998 | 375 ha | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 398 ha | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 400 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 2002 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 720 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 748 ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 782 ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 814 ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 880 ha | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 900 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 910 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 700 ha | -23.1% |
| 2011 | 686 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 650 ha | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 843 ha | +29.7% |
| 2014 | 923 ha | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 759 ha | -17.8% |
| 2016 | 842 ha | +10.9% |
| 2017 | 864 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 821 ha | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 831 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 836 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 784 ha | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 817 ha | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 812 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 804 ha | -1.0% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 804 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,053 ha, 76% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +50.0% | 400 ha | 600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 371 ha | 340 ha | 398 ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 745.4 ha | 400 ha | 910 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 791.9 ha | 650 ha | 923 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 810.6 ha | 784 ha | 836 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Guyana?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Guyana was 804 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 923 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 340 ha in 1997.
- How does Guyana rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Guyana ranks 24th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana 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.