Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 284 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 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 Middle Africa is 284 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 284 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1969.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160 ha | — |
| 1962 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 170 ha | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +17.6% |
| 1966 | 190 ha | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 270 ha | +42.1% |
| 1968 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 100 ha | -63.0% |
| 1970 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 130 ha | +30.0% |
| 1972 | 170 ha | +30.8% |
| 1973 | 220 ha | +29.4% |
| 1974 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 254 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 260 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 240 ha | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 232 ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 242 ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 243 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 239 ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 245 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 246 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 248 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 249 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 250 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 251 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 251 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 252 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 253 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 253 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 260 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 265 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 270 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 269 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 250 ha | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 265 ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 268 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 268 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 270 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 272 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 274 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 276 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 278 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 280 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 282 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 283 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 284 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 187.78 ha | 100 ha | 270 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 194 ha | 100 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 230 ha | 220 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 244.9 ha | 232 ha | 260 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 254.4 ha | 249 ha | 265 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 268.2 ha | 250 ha | 276 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 281.4 ha | 278 ha | 284 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 4 Sri Lanka 48,875 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 42,402 ha compare
- 6 China (People’s Republic of) 18,534 ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 18,402 ha compare
- 8 Niger 12,542 ha compare
- 9 Madagascar 8,429 ha compare
- 10 Malaysia 8,289 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Middle Africa was 284 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 284 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1969.
- How does Middle Africa rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 7th out of 9 regions with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.