Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in China
China: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw was 326,172 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in China is 326,172 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in China peaked at 331,179 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 63,000 t, in 1961.
China ranks 2nd of 68 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in China, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 65,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 66,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 70,000 t | +6.1% |
| 1965 | 78,000 t | +11.4% |
| 1966 | 80,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 80,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 85,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 88,000 t | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 90,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 94,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 96,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 99,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 100,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 105,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 108,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 110,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 112,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 116,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 118,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 120,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 125,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 130,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 135,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 140,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 145,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 150,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 152,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 156,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 160,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 164,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 168,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 172,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 180,000 t | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 175,000 t | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 180,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 200,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 205,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 215,000 t | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 212,000 t | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 215,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 220,000 t | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 230,000 t | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 235,000 t | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 240,000 t | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 245,000 t | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 250,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 252,000 t | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 260,000 t | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 265,000 t | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 277,816 t | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 290,000 t | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 300,000 t | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 307,287 t | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 305,809 t | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 309,075 t | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 316,118 t | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 323,421 t | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 331,179 t | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 323,572 t | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 326,057 t | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 326,936 t | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 325,522 t | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 326,172 t | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,000 t | 63,000 t | 88,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 103,000 t | 90,000 t | 116,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 137,100 t | 118,000 t | 156,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 181,900 t | 160,000 t | 215,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 235,900 t | 212,000 t | 260,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 302,570 t | 265,000 t | 331,179 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 325,652 t | 323,572 t | 326,936 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 India 2.91 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 326,172 t compare
- 3 Viet Nam 100,502 t compare
- 4 Thailand 324,004 t compare
- 5 Bangladesh 301,311 t compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 36,054 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in China?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in China was 326,172 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 331,179 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,000 t in 1961.
- How does China rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw?
- China ranks 2nd out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.