Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in Zambia
Zambia: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw was 433.04 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in Zambia, 1993–2024
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 Zambia stood at 433.04 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 734.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Zambia peaked at 1,559 t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 51.92 t, in 2014.
That places Zambia 60th out of 68 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw in Zambia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 300 t | — |
| 1994 | 400 t | +33.3% |
| 1995 | 350 t | -12.5% |
| 1996 | 380 t | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 370 t | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 450 t | +21.6% |
| 1999 | 500 t | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 590.42 t | +18.1% |
| 2001 | 704.48 t | +19.3% |
| 2002 | 900 t | +27.8% |
| 2003 | 878.14 t | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 850 t | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 727.98 t | -14.4% |
| 2006 | 284 t | -61.0% |
| 2007 | 1,559 t | +448.8% |
| 2008 | 994 t | -36.2% |
| 2009 | 1,020 t | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 535 t | -47.5% |
| 2011 | 599.77 t | +12.1% |
| 2012 | 964.63 t | +60.8% |
| 2013 | 605.49 t | -37.2% |
| 2014 | 51.92 t | -91.4% |
| 2015 | 317 t | +510.6% |
| 2016 | 499.06 t | +57.4% |
| 2017 | 453.84 t | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 423.3 t | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 479.38 t | +13.2% |
| 2020 | 452.17 t | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 451.62 t | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 455.9 t | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 440.36 t | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 433.04 t | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 392.86 t | 300 t | 500 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 850.7 t | 284 t | 1,559 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 492.94 t | 51.92 t | 964.63 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 446.62 t | 433.04 t | 455.9 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 57 Réunion 492 t compare
- 58 Greece 465.64 t compare
- 59 Kazakhstan 441.35 t compare
- 61 Martinique 278.09 t compare
- 62 Bhutan 155.69 t compare
- 63 Central African Republic 117.48 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Zambia?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw in Zambia was 433.04 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,559 t in 2007.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.92 t in 2014.
- How does Zambia rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw?
- Zambia ranks 60th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 734.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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.