Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield was 654.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Malawi, 1990–2024
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 Malawi stood at 654.8 kg/ha.
The figure is down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Malawi peaked at 1,027 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 472.6 kg/ha, in 2011.
Malawi ranks 61st of 64 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 500 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 501.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 502.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 500 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 526.3 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 533.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 545.5 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 548.1 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 558.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 611 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2001 | 699 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2002 | 802 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2003 | 904.9 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 978.9 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 1,027 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 981.9 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 857.9 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2008 | 650.9 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2009 | 497.3 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2010 | 510.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 472.6 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 497.2 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 497.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 699.8 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 2015 | 644.4 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 678.1 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 652.2 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 648.4 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 659.1 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 654 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 654 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 655.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 654.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 654.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 521.62 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 558.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 801.04 kg/ha | 497.3 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 595.96 kg/ha | 472.6 kg/ha | 699.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 654.62 kg/ha | 654 kg/ha | 655.7 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Malawi?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Malawi was 654.8 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1,027 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 472.6 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Malawi rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield?
- Malawi ranks 61st out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.