Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in Benin
Benin: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw was 13,191 t in 1990. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in Benin, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Benin recorded 13,191 t for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in 1990. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 88.4% on the previous year and up 1,365.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Benin peaked at 13,191 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 100 t, in 1961.
Benin ranks 29th of 68 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in Benin, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 t | — |
| 1962 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200 t | +100.0% |
| 1969 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 t | +50.0% |
| 1972 | 500 t | +66.7% |
| 1973 | 800 t | +60.0% |
| 1974 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 900 t | +12.5% |
| 1981 | 1,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 1,100 t | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 1,226 t | +11.5% |
| 1984 | 1,895 t | +54.6% |
| 1985 | 2,061 t | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 3,511 t | +70.4% |
| 1987 | 4,500 t | +28.2% |
| 1988 | 5,500 t | +22.2% |
| 1989 | 7,000 t | +27.3% |
| 1990 | 13,191 t | +88.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 122.22 t | 100 t | 200 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 660 t | 200 t | 800 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,869 t | 900 t | 7,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,191 t | 13,191 t | 13,191 t | 1 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 26 South Africa 17,990 t compare
- 27 Algeria 15,112 t compare
- 28 Cambodia 13,306 t compare
- 30 Sudan 10,665 t
- 31 Serbia and Montenegro 8,646 t
- 32 Sudan (former) 7,783 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Benin?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Benin was 13,191 t in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 13,191 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 t in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw?
- Benin ranks 29th out of 68 countries with data for 1990.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,365.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Production. 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.