Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in China
China: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield was 6,631 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in China is 6,631 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in China peaked at 6,826 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3,316 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China 9th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 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 — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,316 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,421 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 3,667 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1964 | 3,500 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 3,805 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 4,000 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,048 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 4,000 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 4,390 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1971 | 4,273 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 4,571 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 4,605 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 4,546 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 4,565 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 4,596 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 4,681 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 4,667 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 5,044 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 4,917 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 5,000 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 5,102 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 5,294 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 5,600 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 5,000 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1987 | 5,556 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 5,630 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 5,571 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 5,614 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 5,857 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 5,793 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 5,733 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 5,800 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 5,892 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 5,960 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 6,061 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 6,134 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 6,324 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 6,057 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 6,133 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 6,197 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 6,389 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 6,412 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 6,575 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 6,447 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 6,250 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 6,146 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 6,190 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 6,163 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 6,442 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 6,744 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 6,818 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 6,826 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 6,684 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 6,616 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 6,597 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 6,619 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 6,650 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 6,622 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 6,630 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 6,634 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 6,629 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 6,631 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,751 kg/ha | 3,316 kg/ha | 4,048 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,594 kg/ha | 4,273 kg/ha | 5,044 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,267 kg/ha | 4,917 kg/ha | 5,630 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,917 kg/ha | 5,614 kg/ha | 6,324 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,280 kg/ha | 6,057 kg/ha | 6,575 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,616 kg/ha | 6,163 kg/ha | 6,826 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,630 kg/ha | 6,622 kg/ha | 6,634 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in China?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in China was 6,631 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 6,826 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,316 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield?
- China ranks 9th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. 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 — 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.