Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield was 1,218 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Kenya, 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 Kenya is 1,218 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Kenya peaked at 1,252 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 757.6 kg/ha, in 1969.
Kenya ranks 46th 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 781.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 781.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 781.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 787.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 794.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 794.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 766.7 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 766.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 757.6 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 757.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 757.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 757.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 757.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 777.8 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 789.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 800 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 804.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 814 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 822.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 829.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 836.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 840 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 860 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 862.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 882.4 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 902 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 921.6 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 923.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 927.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 932.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 942 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 951.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 960.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 969.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 968 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 962.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 981.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 980.8 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 980.4 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,013 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 1,028 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 1,042 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 1,057 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 1,073 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 1,088 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 1,104 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 1,118 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 1,132 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 1,146 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1,159 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 1,200 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,204 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,216 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,207 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,209 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,226 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,241 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1,252 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 1,198 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 1,230 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 1,227 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,218 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 779 kg/ha | 757.6 kg/ha | 794.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 783.88 kg/ha | 757.6 kg/ha | 822.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 869.16 kg/ha | 829.8 kg/ha | 923.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 957.55 kg/ha | 927.5 kg/ha | 981.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,064 kg/ha | 980.4 kg/ha | 1,132 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,201 kg/ha | 1,146 kg/ha | 1,241 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,225 kg/ha | 1,198 kg/ha | 1,252 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 43 Yugoslav SFR 1,671 kg/ha compare
- 44 Central African Republic 1,568 kg/ha compare
- 45 Myanmar 1,397 kg/ha compare
- 47 Argentina 1,159 kg/ha compare
- 48 Czechoslovakia 1,100 kg/ha compare
- 49 Benin 1,098 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Kenya?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Kenya was 1,218 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1,252 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 757.6 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Kenya rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield?
- Kenya ranks 46th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.