Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 1,689 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 1,689 ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 2,900 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1961.
That places Uganda 19th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,600 ha | +23.1% |
| 1971 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,628 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 2,200 ha | -16.3% |
| 1992 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 2,600 ha | +13.0% |
| 1994 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 2,400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1996 | 2,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 2,582 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 2,700 ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 2,611 ha | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 2,599 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 2,582 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 2,559 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 2,531 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 2,434 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 2,900 ha | +19.1% |
| 2008 | 2,350 ha | -19.0% |
| 2009 | 2,230 ha | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 2,115 ha | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 2,006 ha | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 1,500 ha | -25.2% |
| 2013 | 1,838 ha | +22.5% |
| 2014 | 1,895 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 1,811 ha | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 1,785 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 1,761 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 1,757 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,760 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,763 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,740 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 1,721 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 1,705 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 1,689 ha | -0.9% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 1,689 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 7,274 ha, 23% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 1,689 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,236 ha, 1.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | -25.2% | 2,006 ha | 1,500 ha |
| 1978 | +25.0% | 1,600 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1986 | +25.0% | 2,000 ha | 2,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,300 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,680 ha | 1,600 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,200 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,551 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,570 ha | 2,230 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,823 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,115 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,724 ha | 1,689 ha | 1,763 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 16 Brunei Darussalam 1,766 ha compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 407 ha compare
- 17 Zimbabwe 1,748 ha compare
- 18 Tajikistan 1,710 ha compare
- 19 Caribbean 34 ha compare
- 20 Honduras 1,590 ha compare
- 21 Philippines 1,578 ha compare
- 22 Fiji 1,520 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Uganda?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Uganda was 1,689 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 2,900 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Uganda rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 19th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.