Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 185,013 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) stood at 185,013 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 77.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 185,013 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15,078 ha, in 1974.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,208 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,408 ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 18,708 ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 19,028 ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 19,759 ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 18,634 ha | -5.7% |
| 1967 | 19,523 ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 20,123 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 20,058 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 16,513 ha | -17.7% |
| 1971 | 19,681 ha | +19.2% |
| 1972 | 16,802 ha | -14.6% |
| 1973 | 16,420 ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 15,078 ha | -8.2% |
| 1975 | 18,753 ha | +24.4% |
| 1976 | 17,060 ha | -9.0% |
| 1977 | 16,638 ha | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 16,293 ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 16,722 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 18,572 ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 19,137 ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 19,121 ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 19,962 ha | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 21,957 ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 22,425 ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 25,124 ha | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 26,541 ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 28,728 ha | +8.2% |
| 1989 | 28,313 ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 28,553 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 32,544 ha | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 31,130 ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 40,453 ha | +29.9% |
| 1994 | 41,480 ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 41,951 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 42,737 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 42,751 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 45,079 ha | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 45,657 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 46,730 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 47,366 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 48,191 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 49,935 ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 51,606 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 58,079 ha | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 58,699 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 58,490 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 61,812 ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 63,092 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 65,172 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 66,196 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 66,837 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 91,661 ha | +37.1% |
| 2014 | 104,183 ha | +13.7% |
| 2015 | 117,010 ha | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 121,515 ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 106,432 ha | -12.4% |
| 2018 | 162,212 ha | +52.4% |
| 2019 | 143,514 ha | -11.5% |
| 2020 | 162,971 ha | +13.6% |
| 2021 | 168,020 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 182,271 ha | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 176,637 ha | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 185,013 ha | +4.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +52.4% | 106,432 ha | 162,212 ha |
| 2013 | +37.1% | 66,837 ha | 91,661 ha |
| 1993 | +29.9% | 31,130 ha | 40,453 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,161 ha | 18,208 ha | 20,123 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,996 ha | 15,078 ha | 19,681 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,988 ha | 18,572 ha | 28,728 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,234 ha | 28,553 ha | 45,657 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,400 ha | 46,730 ha | 63,092 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 104,473 ha | 65,172 ha | 162,212 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 174,982 ha | 162,971 ha | 185,013 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 1 India 312,902 ha compare
- 2 Indonesia 163,629 ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 185,013 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 185,013 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,078 ha in 1974.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 77.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.