Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield was 995.5 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Zambia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 995.5 kg/ha for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Zambia peaked at 3,500 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 176 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Zambia 53rd out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 897.4 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1996 | 950 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 991.9 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 1,041 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 176 kg/ha | -83.1% |
| 2001 | 1,096 kg/ha | +523.0% |
| 2002 | 1,125 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 2,386 kg/ha | +112.0% |
| 2004 | 1,150 kg/ha | -51.8% |
| 2005 | 2,615 kg/ha | +127.3% |
| 2006 | 560.2 kg/ha | -78.6% |
| 2007 | 1,344 kg/ha | +139.9% |
| 2008 | 2,361 kg/ha | +75.7% |
| 2009 | 3,500 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 2010 | 1,520 kg/ha | -56.6% |
| 2011 | 1,983 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 2012 | 1,427 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 2013 | 1,449 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 796.7 kg/ha | -45.0% |
| 2015 | 819.1 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 1,010 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2017 | 1,151 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 995.5 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2019 | 1,124 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2020 | 1,015 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 1,044 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 1,048 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,006 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 995.5 kg/ha | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 982.84 kg/ha | 897.4 kg/ha | 1,041 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,631 kg/ha | 176 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,228 kg/ha | 796.7 kg/ha | 1,983 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,022 kg/ha | 995.5 kg/ha | 1,048 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Zambia?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Zambia was 995.5 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,500 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 176 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Zambia rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield?
- Zambia ranks 53rd out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia 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.