Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 361,777 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 361,777 ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and up 121.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 361,777 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 92,013 ha, in 1978.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 108,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 107,500 ha | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 107,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 108,595 ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 107,826 ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 125,721 ha | +16.6% |
| 1967 | 132,885 ha | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 126,845 ha | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 125,874 ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 126,389 ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 124,138 ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 125,684 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 127,662 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 127,890 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 118,375 ha | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 120,875 ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 119,098 ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 92,013 ha | -22.7% |
| 1979 | 118,550 ha | +28.8% |
| 1980 | 118,370 ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 120,490 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 120,704 ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 120,430 ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 118,660 ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 120,910 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 138,912 ha | +14.9% |
| 1987 | 147,823 ha | +6.4% |
| 1988 | 165,550 ha | +12.0% |
| 1989 | 176,680 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 187,091 ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 190,097 ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 201,390 ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 214,340 ha | +6.4% |
| 1994 | 216,590 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 220,290 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 224,980 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 207,030 ha | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 210,050 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 268,230 ha | +27.7% |
| 2000 | 224,440 ha | -16.3% |
| 2001 | 242,470 ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 247,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 246,030 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 264,690 ha | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 259,480 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 290,690 ha | +12.0% |
| 2007 | 276,520 ha | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 231,400 ha | -16.3% |
| 2009 | 274,890 ha | +18.8% |
| 2010 | 233,260 ha | -15.1% |
| 2011 | 220,430 ha | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 238,450 ha | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 164,490 ha | -31.0% |
| 2014 | 163,650 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 169,544 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 168,515 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 174,989 ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 177,508 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 290,267 ha | +63.5% |
| 2020 | 307,274 ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 355,235 ha | +15.6% |
| 2022 | 332,179 ha | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 345,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 361,777 ha | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 116,805 ha | 107,500 ha | 132,885 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 120,067 ha | 92,013 ha | 127,890 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 134,853 ha | 118,370 ha | 176,680 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 214,009 ha | 187,091 ha | 268,230 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 255,811 ha | 224,440 ha | 290,690 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 200,110 ha | 163,650 ha | 290,267 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 340,413 ha | 307,274 ha | 361,777 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Southern Asia was 361,777 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 361,777 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 92,013 ha in 1978.
- How does Southern Asia rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 2nd out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 121.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.