Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in India
India: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield was 3,014 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in India, 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 India is 3,014 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and up 56.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in India peaked at 3,265 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 536.7 kg/ha, in 1976.
India ranks 28th of 64 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 631.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 667.2 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 655.1 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 663.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 574.1 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1966 | 579.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 635.8 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 601.8 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 579.2 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 664.3 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1971 | 655.8 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 603.3 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1973 | 672.7 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1974 | 643.5 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 711.1 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 536.7 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1977 | 686.9 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1978 | 684.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 594.4 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1980 | 609.8 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 638.3 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 658.8 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 701 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 793.3 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1985 | 970.5 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1986 | 753.9 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1987 | 780.1 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 844.7 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 882.9 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 880.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 729.4 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1992 | 896.1 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1993 | 860.3 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 958.5 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 917.3 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 1,129 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1997 | 1,035 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 1,171 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1999 | 1,098 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 1,176 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 1,215 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 1,082 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2003 | 1,596 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 2004 | 1,608 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 1,549 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 1,628 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 1,601 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 1,630 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,568 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 1,544 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 1,586 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 1,643 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 1,925 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2014 | 1,925 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,109 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 1,874 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 2,495 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 2018 | 2,858 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2019 | 2,235 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2020 | 2,931 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 2021 | 2,919 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 2,764 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 3,265 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2024 | 3,014 kg/ha | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 620.88 kg/ha | 574.1 kg/ha | 667.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 645.36 kg/ha | 536.7 kg/ha | 711.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 763.33 kg/ha | 609.8 kg/ha | 970.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 967.5 kg/ha | 729.4 kg/ha | 1,171 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,465 kg/ha | 1,082 kg/ha | 1,630 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,020 kg/ha | 1,544 kg/ha | 2,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,979 kg/ha | 2,764 kg/ha | 3,265 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in India?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in India was 3,014 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 3,265 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 536.7 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does India rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield?
- India ranks 28th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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.