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.
That places World 1st out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
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 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.46 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 139.41 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 5.88 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 6.05 million t (2024)
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 21 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.