Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield was 2,652 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Cameroon stood at 2,652 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Cameroon peaked at 2,913 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,200 kg/ha, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 29th of 64 countries 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 — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,200 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,207 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 1,207 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,207 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,212 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 1,212 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,212 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,200 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,205 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,274 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 1,254 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 1,250 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 1,298 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 1,290 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 1,350 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 1,321 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 1,523 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1999 | 2,068 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 2000 | 1,343 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 2001 | 1,364 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 1,489 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 1,492 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,280 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 2,250 kg/ha | +75.9% |
| 2006 | 2,642 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2007 | 1,999 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 2008 | 1,999 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,044 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 2,150 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 2,243 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 2,301 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 2,363 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 2,379 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 2,408 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 2,709 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 2,913 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 2,578 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2019 | 2,611 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 2,716 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 2,635 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 2,654 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 2,668 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2,652 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,206 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,212 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,204 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,205 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,205 kg/ha | 1,205 kg/ha | 1,205 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,383 kg/ha | 1,205 kg/ha | 2,068 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,790 kg/ha | 1,280 kg/ha | 2,642 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,466 kg/ha | 2,150 kg/ha | 2,913 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,665 kg/ha | 2,635 kg/ha | 2,716 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Cameroon?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Cameroon was 2,652 kg/ha 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 — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,913 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 29th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.