Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield was 3,890 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 3,890 kg/ha for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Western Africa peaked at 3,890 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,098 kg/ha, in 1995.
Western Africa ranks 10th of 27 groups 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,622 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,613 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 1,626 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 1,667 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 1,659 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 1,695 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 1,707 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 1,691 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 1,716 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 1,763 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 1,728 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 1,788 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 1,719 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 1,802 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 1,780 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 1,772 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 1,793 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 1,786 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 1,799 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 1,786 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 1,773 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 1,760 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 1,766 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 1,793 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 1,356 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1986 | 1,340 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 1,337 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 1,325 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 1,389 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 1,434 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 1,253 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1992 | 1,240 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 1,178 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 1,129 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 1,098 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 1,176 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 1,342 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1998 | 1,482 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1999 | 1,579 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 1,659 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 1,759 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 1,933 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2003 | 2,117 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 2,298 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 2,557 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2006 | 2,746 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 2,794 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 2,802 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 3,079 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 3,224 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 3,388 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 3,449 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 3,445 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 3,477 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 3,637 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 3,504 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 3,563 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 3,626 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 3,611 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 3,727 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 3,686 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 3,704 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 3,727 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 3,890 kg/ha | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,666 kg/ha | 1,613 kg/ha | 1,716 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,773 kg/ha | 1,719 kg/ha | 1,802 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,562 kg/ha | 1,325 kg/ha | 1,793 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,291 kg/ha | 1,098 kg/ha | 1,579 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,374 kg/ha | 1,659 kg/ha | 3,079 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,492 kg/ha | 3,224 kg/ha | 3,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,747 kg/ha | 3,686 kg/ha | 3,890 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 7 Ghana 7,411 kg/ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,564 kg/ha compare
- 8 Senegal 7,335 kg/ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 2,344 kg/ha compare
- 9 China 6,631 kg/ha compare
- 9 China, mainland 6,631 kg/ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 2,228 kg/ha compare
- 11 Grenada 6,625 kg/ha compare
- 11 Viet Nam 1,443 kg/ha compare
- 12 Peru 6,231 kg/ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 1,299 kg/ha compare
- 13 Nepal 5,471 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Western Africa?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Western Africa was 3,890 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,890 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,098 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Western Africa rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 10th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.