Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 136,216 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 136,216 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 109.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 136,216 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,335 ha, in 1978.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,160 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,360 ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 12,670 ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 12,845 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 13,275 ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 13,195 ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 13,840 ha | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 13,840 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 13,800 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 9,300 ha | -32.6% |
| 1971 | 13,525 ha | +45.4% |
| 1972 | 10,200 ha | -24.6% |
| 1973 | 9,920 ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 8,620 ha | -13.1% |
| 1975 | 11,620 ha | +34.8% |
| 1976 | 10,035 ha | -13.6% |
| 1977 | 8,820 ha | -12.1% |
| 1978 | 8,335 ha | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 8,790 ha | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 9,270 ha | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 9,405 ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 9,450 ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 9,940 ha | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 10,510 ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 10,930 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 11,340 ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 11,490 ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 12,640 ha | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 11,830 ha | -6.4% |
| 1990 | 12,593 ha | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 13,661 ha | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 12,597 ha | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 14,265 ha | +13.2% |
| 1994 | 14,336 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 13,734 ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 14,729 ha | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 14,668 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 15,926 ha | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 16,376 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 17,297 ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 17,813 ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 18,480 ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 18,682 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 19,249 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 26,277 ha | +36.5% |
| 2006 | 27,361 ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 27,654 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 27,424 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 27,041 ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 27,948 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 30,139 ha | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 29,163 ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 52,804 ha | +81.1% |
| 2014 | 65,175 ha | +23.4% |
| 2015 | 76,996 ha | +18.1% |
| 2016 | 82,995 ha | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 64,522 ha | -22.3% |
| 2018 | 121,670 ha | +88.6% |
| 2019 | 101,394 ha | -16.7% |
| 2020 | 117,249 ha | +15.6% |
| 2021 | 123,735 ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 134,263 ha | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 130,184 ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 136,216 ha | +4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,109 ha | 12,160 ha | 13,840 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,916 ha | 8,335 ha | 13,525 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,680 ha | 9,270 ha | 12,640 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,288 ha | 12,593 ha | 16,376 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,728 ha | 17,297 ha | 27,654 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,281 ha | 27,948 ha | 121,670 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 128,329 ha | 117,249 ha | 136,216 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 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 China 18,534 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 136,216 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 136,216 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,335 ha in 1978.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 6th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 109.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.