Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in Western Asia
Western Asia: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw was 17,739 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Western Asia stood at 17,739 t.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Western Asia peaked at 26,000 t in 1986 and was at its lowest, 4,500 t, in 1975.
Western Asia ranks 23rd of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 13,000 t | +30.0% |
| 1969 | 9,000 t | -30.8% |
| 1970 | 9,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 7,000 t | -30.0% |
| 1973 | 7,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 14,000 t | +100.0% |
| 1975 | 4,500 t | -67.9% |
| 1976 | 11,000 t | +144.4% |
| 1977 | 10,000 t | -9.1% |
| 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 | 14,000 t | +40.0% |
| 1986 | 26,000 t | +85.7% |
| 1987 | 20,000 t | -23.1% |
| 1988 | 21,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 21,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 24,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1991 | 21,000 t | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 16,000 t | -23.8% |
| 1993 | 15,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 14,867 t | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 14,000 t | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 15,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 14,000 t | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 16,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 16,987 t | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 17,500 t | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 20,500 t | +17.1% |
| 2002 | 20,712 t | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 21,801 t | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 24,786 t | +13.7% |
| 2005 | 17,881 t | -27.9% |
| 2006 | 17,680 t | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 17,070 t | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 16,572 t | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 16,268 t | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 15,665 t | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 16,563 t | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 17,450 t | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 17,352 t | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 17,455 t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 17,204 t | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 17,887 t | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 17,815 t | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 18,788 t | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 18,372 t | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 17,712 t | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 17,921 t | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 17,593 t | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 17,704 t | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 17,739 t | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,222 t | 9,000 t | 13,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,250 t | 4,500 t | 14,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,200 t | 10,000 t | 26,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,685 t | 14,000 t | 24,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,077 t | 16,268 t | 24,786 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,455 t | 15,665 t | 18,788 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,734 t | 17,593 t | 17,921 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 20 Morocco 27,918 t compare
- 21 Uzbekistan 25,268 t compare
- 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24,495 t compare
- 23 Tunisia 20,887 t compare
- 24 Cabo Verde 1,551 t compare
- 24 Hungary 20,094 t compare
- 25 Jamaica 18,718 t compare
- 26 South Africa 17,990 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Western Asia?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Western Asia was 17,739 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 26,000 t in 1986.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,500 t in 1975.
- How does Western Asia rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw?
- Western Asia ranks 23rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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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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.