Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in South America
South America: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 45,684 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 45,684 ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 113.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in South America peaked at 45,684 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,946 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,946 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,980 ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 3,748 ha | +25.8% |
| 1964 | 3,755 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 4,426 ha | +17.9% |
| 1966 | 4,394 ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 4,768 ha | +8.5% |
| 1968 | 5,567 ha | +16.8% |
| 1969 | 5,453 ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 5,473 ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 5,741 ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 6,105 ha | +6.3% |
| 1973 | 8,359 ha | +36.9% |
| 1974 | 8,261 ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 9,909 ha | +19.9% |
| 1976 | 11,173 ha | +12.8% |
| 1977 | 12,578 ha | +12.6% |
| 1978 | 15,786 ha | +25.5% |
| 1979 | 19,879 ha | +25.9% |
| 1980 | 23,069 ha | +16.0% |
| 1981 | 22,998 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 22,481 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 20,732 ha | -7.8% |
| 1984 | 20,177 ha | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 19,219 ha | -4.7% |
| 1986 | 20,532 ha | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 20,875 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 23,808 ha | +14.1% |
| 1989 | 28,476 ha | +19.6% |
| 1990 | 34,122 ha | +19.8% |
| 1991 | 36,922 ha | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 29,146 ha | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 23,612 ha | -19.0% |
| 1994 | 21,066 ha | -10.8% |
| 1995 | 18,787 ha | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 16,729 ha | -11.0% |
| 1997 | 12,752 ha | -23.8% |
| 1998 | 12,476 ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 16,238 ha | +30.2% |
| 2000 | 19,196 ha | +18.2% |
| 2001 | 24,440 ha | +27.3% |
| 2002 | 27,286 ha | +11.6% |
| 2003 | 30,068 ha | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 31,834 ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 36,140 ha | +13.5% |
| 2006 | 37,643 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 37,339 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 34,419 ha | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 32,339 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 26,515 ha | -18.0% |
| 2011 | 23,357 ha | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 21,436 ha | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 20,737 ha | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 21,399 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 24,234 ha | +13.2% |
| 2016 | 28,500 ha | +17.6% |
| 2017 | 31,797 ha | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 37,624 ha | +18.3% |
| 2019 | 38,611 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 40,605 ha | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 41,240 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 44,529 ha | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 44,320 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 45,684 ha | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,226 ha | 2,946 ha | 5,567 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,326 ha | 5,473 ha | 19,879 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,237 ha | 19,219 ha | 28,476 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,185 ha | 12,476 ha | 36,922 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,070 ha | 19,196 ha | 37,643 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,421 ha | 20,737 ha | 38,611 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,276 ha | 40,605 ha | 45,684 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in South America?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in South America was 45,684 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 45,684 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,946 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- South America ranks 10th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 113.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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.