Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield was 7,411 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Ghana, 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 Ghana is 7,411 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Ghana peaked at 7,576 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 188.3 kg/ha, in 1991.
Ghana ranks 7th of 64 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,422 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,422 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,422 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,422 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,422 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,429 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 1,553 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 1,483 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 1,483 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,483 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,505 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 1,531 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 1,353 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1974 | 1,538 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1975 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,643 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1985 | 1,643 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,643 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,667 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 1,988 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 188.3 kg/ha | -90.5% |
| 1992 | 275.9 kg/ha | +46.5% |
| 1993 | 363.5 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1994 | 451.1 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1995 | 538.8 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1996 | 765.6 kg/ha | +42.1% |
| 1997 | 1,340 kg/ha | +75.1% |
| 1998 | 2,038 kg/ha | +52.0% |
| 1999 | 2,500 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2000 | 3,077 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2001 | 3,600 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2002 | 4,167 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2003 | 4,783 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 5,454 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2005 | 6,500 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2006 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6,480 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 6,496 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 6,498 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6,548 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 6,518 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 7,143 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2013 | 7,354 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 7,576 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 7,408 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 7,446 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 7,468 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 7,477 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 7,492 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 7,510 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 7,474 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 7,474 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 7,458 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 7,411 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,451 kg/ha | 1,422 kg/ha | 1,553 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,510 kg/ha | 1,353 kg/ha | 1,538 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,642 kg/ha | 1,538 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,045 kg/ha | 188.3 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,356 kg/ha | 3,077 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,243 kg/ha | 6,518 kg/ha | 7,576 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,465 kg/ha | 7,411 kg/ha | 7,510 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Ghana?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Ghana was 7,411 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 7,576 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 188.3 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Ghana rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield?
- Ghana ranks 7th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ghana 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.