Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw was 323,078 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 323,078 t for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 65.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Eastern Africa peaked at 354,162 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 94,285 t, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 10th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 94,285 t | — |
| 1962 | 96,535 t | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 98,885 t | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 99,635 t | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 100,590 t | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 104,837 t | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 105,987 t | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 107,537 t | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 109,687 t | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 111,937 t | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 114,587 t | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 118,037 t | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 116,953 t | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 118,413 t | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 118,780 t | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 122,240 t | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 120,496 t | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 119,558 t | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 119,910 t | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 121,262 t | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 122,514 t | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 122,786 t | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 124,038 t | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 116,340 t | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 106,542 t | -8.4% |
| 1986 | 111,843 t | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 107,133 t | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 109,484 t | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 112,952 t | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 119,916 t | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 118,295 t | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 120,994 t | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 98,479 t | -18.6% |
| 1994 | 102,876 t | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 104,928 t | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 107,848 t | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 118,628 t | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 121,623 t | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 120,185 t | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 118,555 t | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 122,413 t | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 130,174 t | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 147,400 t | +13.2% |
| 2004 | 138,508 t | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 144,460 t | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 131,297 t | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 141,033 t | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 144,759 t | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 151,416 t | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 158,847 t | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 166,833 t | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 182,535 t | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 204,372 t | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 195,745 t | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 315,008 t | +60.9% |
| 2016 | 354,162 t | +12.4% |
| 2017 | 289,370 t | -18.3% |
| 2018 | 331,768 t | +14.7% |
| 2019 | 337,733 t | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 320,883 t | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 273,819 t | -14.7% |
| 2022 | 255,960 t | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 322,300 t | +25.9% |
| 2024 | 323,078 t | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101,998 t | 94,285 t | 109,687 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 118,091 t | 111,937 t | 122,240 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 115,489 t | 106,542 t | 124,038 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 113,377 t | 98,479 t | 121,623 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 137,002 t | 118,555 t | 151,416 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 253,637 t | 158,847 t | 354,162 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 299,208 t | 255,960 t | 323,078 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 7 Myanmar 148,545 t compare
- 7 Türkiye 16,151 t compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12,742 t compare
- 8 Pakistan 120,647 t compare
- 9 Ghana 110,766 t compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 6,777 t compare
- 10 Ethiopia PDR 100,000 t compare
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,928 t compare
- 11 Nigeria 65,284 t compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 977.35 t compare
- 12 Côte d'Ivoire 131,573 t compare
- 12 Egypt 63,026 t compare
- 12 Melanesia 2.15 t compare
- 13 Mexico 61,341 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Eastern Africa?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Eastern Africa was 323,078 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 354,162 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 94,285 t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw?
- Eastern Africa ranks 10th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.