Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Production is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 2.91 million t in India; the lowest is 0 t in French Guiana.
The median across all reporting countries is 6,699 t, and the mean is 83,539 t.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 1,365.7%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 100.0%).
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 2.91 million t | 2024 | up 95.0% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 326,172 t | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 326,172 t | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 4 | Thailand | 324,004 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 301,311 t | 2024 | up 173.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 298,080 t | 2024 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Myanmar | 148,545 t | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Türkiye | 16,151 t | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 120,647 t | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 9 | Ghana | 110,766 t | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Ethiopia PDR | 100,000 t | 1992 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 11 | Nigeria | 65,284 t | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 63,026 t | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 61,341 t | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 14 | Niger | 60,066 t | 2024 | up 280.4% | volatile |
| 15 | USSR | 50,972 t | 1991 | down 55.7% | rising |
| 16 | Romania | 50,038 t | 2017 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 17 | Nepal | 45,860 t | 2024 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Peru | 42,828 t | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Cameroon | 42,822 t | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Morocco | 27,918 t | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 25,268 t | 2024 | up 321.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24,495 t | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 23 | Tunisia | 20,887 t | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Hungary | 20,094 t | 2017 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Jamaica | 18,718 t | 2024 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 26 | South Africa | 17,990 t | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 27 | Algeria | 15,112 t | 2024 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Cambodia | 13,306 t | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 29 | Benin | 13,191 t | 1990 | up 1,365.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Sudan | 10,665 t | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 31 | Serbia and Montenegro | 8,646 t | 2005 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 32 | Sudan (former) | 7,783 t | 2011 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 33 | South Sudan | 7,077 t | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 34 | Yugoslav SFR | 6,699 t | 1991 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 35 | Spain | 6,478 t | 2017 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Senegal | 5,048 t | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 37 | Mali | 4,434 t | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 38 | Serbia | 4,340 t | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 4,322 t | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 40 | North Macedonia | 3,750 t | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 41 | Togo | 3,587 t | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 42 | Uganda | 3,227 t | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 43 | Argentina | 3,186 t | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 44 | Kenya | 3,035 t | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 45 | Indonesia | 3,000 t | 1974 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | Malaysia | 2,429 t | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 47 | Czechia | 2,412 t | 2017 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 48 | Czechoslovakia | 2,200 t | 1992 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 49 | Madagascar | 1,852 t | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 50 | Malawi | 1,323 t | 2024 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 1,266 t | 2017 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Slovenia | 1,266 t | 2017 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 975.6 t | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 703.41 t | 2024 | up 295.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Iraq | 611.05 t | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Djibouti | 570.94 t | 2024 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Réunion | 492 t | 2006 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Greece | 465.64 t | 2017 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 441.35 t | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 60 | Zambia | 433.04 t | 2024 | up 734.1% | falling |
| 61 | Martinique | 278.09 t | 2006 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 62 | Bhutan | 155.69 t | 2024 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 117.48 t | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 64 | Maldives | 9.94 t | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Papua New Guinea | 2.15 t | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Grenada | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Japan | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 66 | French Guiana | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 5.46 million t
- Asia 4.35 million t
- Southern Asia 3.38 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 965,398 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.39 million t
- Viet Nam 100,502 t
- Africa 944,301 t
- Middle Africa 78,994 t
- South-Eastern Asia 601,529 t
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 36,054 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 562,270 t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 20,281 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 464,652 t
- Western Africa 386,632 t
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 12,742 t
- Eastern Asia 326,172 t
- United Republic of Tanzania 6,777 t
- Eastern Africa 323,078 t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,928 t
- Northern Africa 137,608 t
- Syrian Arab Republic 977.35 t
- Côte d'Ivoire 131,573 t
- Melanesia 2.15 t
- Americas 126,074 t
- European Union (27) 82,020 t
- Eastern Europe 73,810 t
- Central America 61,341 t
- South America 46,015 t
- Europe 32,585 t
- Southern Europe 32,585 t
- Central Asia 26,684 t
- Caribbean 18,718 t
- Southern Africa 17,990 t
- Western Asia 17,739 t
- Cabo Verde 1,551 t
- Oceania 2.15 t
- Northern America 0 t
- United States of America 0 t
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.