Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 330 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 2014–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 330 ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 135.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 340 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 140 ha, in 2014.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 140 ha | — |
| 2015 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 210 ha | +50.0% |
| 2018 | 280 ha | +33.3% |
| 2019 | 340 ha | +21.4% |
| 2020 | 310 ha | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 280 ha | -9.7% |
| 2022 | 287 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 337 ha | +17.4% |
| 2024 | 330 ha | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 208.33 ha | 140 ha | 340 ha | 6 |
| 2020s | 308.8 ha | 280 ha | 337 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Southern Africa was 330 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 340 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 140 ha in 2014.
- How does Southern Africa rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 18th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 135.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.