Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in Cameroon
Cameroon: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw was 42,822 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 42,822 t for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Cameroon peaked at 44,432 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 6,000 t, in 1961.
That places Cameroon 19th out of 68 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Cameroon, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 7,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 7,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 8,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 9,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 10,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10,325 t | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 10,195 t | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 9,314 t | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 9,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 8,385 t | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 8,000 t | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 7,546 t | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 7,000 t | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 6,739 t | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 6,133 t | -9.0% |
| 2000 | 6,133 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6,138 t | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 7,000 t | +14.0% |
| 2003 | 10,000 t | +42.9% |
| 2004 | 8,657 t | -13.4% |
| 2005 | 14,178 t | +63.8% |
| 2006 | 18,228 t | +28.6% |
| 2007 | 20,142 t | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 22,063 t | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 23,500 t | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 24,907 t | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 29,166 t | +17.1% |
| 2012 | 31,877 t | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 34,403 t | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 36,884 t | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 39,312 t | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 41,889 t | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 44,432 t | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 41,878 t | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 42,763 t | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 43,275 t | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 42,639 t | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 42,892 t | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 42,936 t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 42,822 t | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,000 t | 6,000 t | 8,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,900 t | 9,000 t | 10,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,000 t | 10,000 t | 10,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,264 t | 6,133 t | 10,325 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,604 t | 6,133 t | 23,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,751 t | 24,907 t | 44,432 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,913 t | 42,639 t | 43,275 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Cameroon?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Cameroon was 42,822 t in 2024, 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 44,432 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 t in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw?
- Cameroon ranks 19th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.