Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield was 14,063 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica stood at 14,063 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Jamaica peaked at 14,927 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,333 kg/ha, in 1980.
Jamaica ranks 2nd 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 Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,880 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,735 kg/ha | +45.5% |
| 1963 | 2,650 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 1,709 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 1965 | 2,479 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 1966 | 2,735 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1967 | 3,846 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 1968 | 4,103 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 3,248 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1970 | 2,303 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1971 | 2,700 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1972 | 2,570 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 2,623 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 2,606 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 2,406 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 3,601 kg/ha | +49.7% |
| 1977 | 2,213 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 1978 | 2,409 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 1,660 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 1980 | 1,333 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1981 | 3,026 kg/ha | +126.9% |
| 1982 | 2,014 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 1983 | 2,974 kg/ha | +47.7% |
| 1984 | 3,394 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1985 | 3,369 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 2,870 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1987 | 3,129 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1988 | 2,626 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1989 | 3,754 kg/ha | +43.0% |
| 1990 | 7,076 kg/ha | +88.5% |
| 1991 | 6,991 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 6,668 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 8,140 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1994 | 8,482 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 8,465 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 8,185 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 7,574 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 7,957 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 8,716 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 8,264 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2001 | 8,924 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 9,051 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 9,419 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 9,238 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 10,656 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2006 | 10,087 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 10,009 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 10,148 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 12,047 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2010 | 11,771 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 14,402 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2012 | 13,342 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 13,096 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 13,585 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 13,298 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 14,333 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 13,988 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 14,405 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 14,927 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 14,678 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 14,148 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 14,080 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 14,145 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 14,063 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,821 kg/ha | 1,709 kg/ha | 4,103 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,509 kg/ha | 1,660 kg/ha | 3,601 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,849 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 3,754 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,825 kg/ha | 6,668 kg/ha | 8,716 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,784 kg/ha | 8,264 kg/ha | 12,047 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,715 kg/ha | 11,771 kg/ha | 14,927 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,223 kg/ha | 14,063 kg/ha | 14,678 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Jamaica?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Jamaica was 14,063 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 14,927 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,333 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Jamaica rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 2nd out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.