Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield was 1,760 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Nigeria, 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 Nigeria is 1,760 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Nigeria peaked at 1,760 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,500 kg/ha, in 1961.
Nigeria ranks 40th 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 Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,502 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 1,505 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 1,507 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 1,509 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 1,512 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 1,514 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 1,516 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 1,518 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 1,520 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 1,522 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 1,524 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 1,525 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 1,527 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 1,529 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 1,531 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 1,532 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 1,534 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 1,535 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 1,537 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 1,540 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 1,541 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 1,543 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 1,544 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 1,546 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 1,547 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 1,548 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 1,549 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 1,550 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 1,552 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 1,553 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 1,554 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,555 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 1,556 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,557 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,559 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,560 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,562 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 1,562 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,564 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,559 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,563 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,568 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,561 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,581 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 1,586 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1,515 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 1,636 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 1,676 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 1,686 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1,722 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 1,714 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 1,700 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,714 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1,709 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,716 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,725 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,732 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,735 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,742 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,749 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,755 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,760 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,509 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 1,518 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,528 kg/ha | 1,520 kg/ha | 1,535 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,543 kg/ha | 1,537 kg/ha | 1,549 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,556 kg/ha | 1,550 kg/ha | 1,562 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,570 kg/ha | 1,515 kg/ha | 1,636 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,709 kg/ha | 1,676 kg/ha | 1,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,748 kg/ha | 1,735 kg/ha | 1,760 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Nigeria?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Nigeria was 1,760 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,760 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 40th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.