Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield was 4,552 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Sierra Leone, 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 Sierra Leone is 4,552 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 5,000 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2,000 kg/ha, in 1961.
Sierra Leone ranks 15th of 64 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,100 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 2,200 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 2,300 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 2,400 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 2,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,421 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 2,434 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,500 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,484 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 2,427 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 2,424 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 2,421 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 2,422 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,438 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 2,454 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 2,470 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 2,486 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 2,502 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 2,518 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 2,447 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 2,776 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2003 | 2,991 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 2,494 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2005 | 2,200 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2006 | 2,273 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 2,250 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 2,308 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 2,300 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,947 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 2011 | 3,393 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 5,000 kg/ha | +47.3% |
| 2013 | 4,282 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2014 | 3,953 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 4,076 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 4,100 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 4,190 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 4,282 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 4,384 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 4,459 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 4,506 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 4,497 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 4,528 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 4,552 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,244 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,400 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,441 kg/ha | 2,421 kg/ha | 2,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,467 kg/ha | 2,444 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,453 kg/ha | 2,421 kg/ha | 2,502 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,456 kg/ha | 2,200 kg/ha | 2,991 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,061 kg/ha | 2,947 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,508 kg/ha | 4,459 kg/ha | 4,552 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Sierra Leone was 4,552 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 5,000 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 15th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.