Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in World
World: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 857,754 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
World recorded 857,754 ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 64.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in World peaked at 870,525 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 153,209 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 World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 153,209 ha | — |
| 1962 | 171,513 ha | +11.9% |
| 1963 | 174,703 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 174,140 ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 161,602 ha | -7.2% |
| 1966 | 195,461 ha | +21.0% |
| 1967 | 190,031 ha | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 203,271 ha | +7.0% |
| 1969 | 196,994 ha | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 194,511 ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 202,499 ha | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 197,791 ha | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 203,520 ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 204,143 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 201,462 ha | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 207,613 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 212,691 ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 194,696 ha | -8.5% |
| 1979 | 224,533 ha | +15.3% |
| 1980 | 228,163 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 234,175 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 232,248 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 233,703 ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 232,102 ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 229,024 ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 252,422 ha | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 268,836 ha | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 312,319 ha | +16.2% |
| 1989 | 337,248 ha | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 354,447 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 358,302 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 359,842 ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 371,311 ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 360,017 ha | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 362,652 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 379,336 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 356,753 ha | -6.0% |
| 1998 | 372,987 ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 440,483 ha | +18.1% |
| 2000 | 418,377 ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 465,712 ha | +11.3% |
| 2002 | 493,203 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 516,704 ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 533,869 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 522,902 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 636,360 ha | +21.7% |
| 2007 | 620,425 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 567,335 ha | -8.6% |
| 2009 | 613,165 ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 563,940 ha | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 542,805 ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 560,554 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 504,772 ha | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 522,867 ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 558,300 ha | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 598,638 ha | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 607,154 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 677,959 ha | +11.7% |
| 2019 | 778,064 ha | +14.8% |
| 2020 | 817,336 ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 870,525 ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 843,435 ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 838,476 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 857,754 ha | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 180,103 ha | 153,209 ha | 203,271 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 204,346 ha | 194,511 ha | 224,533 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 256,024 ha | 228,163 ha | 337,248 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 371,613 ha | 354,447 ha | 440,483 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 538,805 ha | 418,377 ha | 636,360 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 591,505 ha | 504,772 ha | 778,064 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 845,505 ha | 817,336 ha | 870,525 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in World?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in World was 857,754 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 870,525 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 153,209 ha in 1961.
- How does World rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.