Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 3,207 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Mexico, 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 Mexico is 3,207 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 5,820 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 15th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 216.67 ha | 100 ha | 320 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 713.4 ha | 310 ha | 1,550 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,380 ha | 716 ha | 1,816 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,752 ha | 1,242 ha | 5,820 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,611 ha | 3,435 ha | 3,775 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,783 ha | 2,490 ha | 3,243 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,490 ha | 3,207 ha | 3,889 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture share gdp 3.88 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.88 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 20.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 26.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 71.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.67 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Mexico?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Mexico was 3,207 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 5,820 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 15th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mexico 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.