Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in India
India: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 312,902 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in India stood at 312,902 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 152.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in India peaked at 312,902 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 84,570 ha, in 1978.
That places India 1st out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 103,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 102,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 102,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 103,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 102,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 121,000 ha | +18.6% |
| 1967 | 128,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 121,200 ha | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 120,300 ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 119,960 ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 118,630 ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 119,800 ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 121,720 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 121,920 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 111,930 ha | -8.2% |
| 1976 | 114,340 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 111,970 ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 84,570 ha | -24.5% |
| 1979 | 110,720 ha | +30.9% |
| 1980 | 109,290 ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 111,020 ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 111,000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 110,440 ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 107,350 ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 109,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 125,100 ha | +14.4% |
| 1987 | 132,810 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 149,930 ha | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 160,740 ha | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 171,490 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 173,430 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 184,200 ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 189,370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 191,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 193,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 198,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 180,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 182,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 240,000 ha | +31.9% |
| 2000 | 196,000 ha | -18.3% |
| 2001 | 214,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 219,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 216,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 233,360 ha | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 228,330 ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 260,200 ha | +14.0% |
| 2007 | 246,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 197,330 ha | -19.8% |
| 2009 | 238,710 ha | +21.0% |
| 2010 | 195,920 ha | -17.9% |
| 2011 | 184,000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 200,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 125,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 2014 | 124,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 129,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 129,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 132,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 134,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 245,000 ha | +82.8% |
| 2020 | 259,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 309,000 ha | +19.3% |
| 2022 | 284,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 299,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 312,902 ha | +4.6% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 312,902 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 631 ha, 495.9× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +82.8% | 134,000 ha | 245,000 ha |
| 2013 | -37.5% | 200,000 ha | 125,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111,389 ha | 102,000 ha | 128,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 113,556 ha | 84,570 ha | 121,920 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 122,708 ha | 107,350 ha | 160,740 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 190,289 ha | 171,490 ha | 240,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 224,893 ha | 196,000 ha | 260,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 159,792 ha | 124,000 ha | 245,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 292,780 ha | 259,000 ha | 312,902 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in India?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in India was 312,902 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 312,902 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 84,570 ha in 1978.
- How does India rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 152.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.