Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Americas
Americas: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) was 4.92 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Americas is 4.92 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.5% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Americas peaked at 5.38 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 423,505 t, in 1961.
Americas ranks 4th of 28 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Americas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 423,505 t | — |
| 1962 | 424,976 t | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 441,193 t | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 461,130 t | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 478,146 t | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 520,356 t | +8.8% |
| 1967 | 588,405 t | +13.1% |
| 1968 | 604,664 t | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 574,581 t | -5.0% |
| 1970 | 525,175 t | -8.6% |
| 1971 | 676,850 t | +28.9% |
| 1972 | 829,551 t | +22.6% |
| 1973 | 835,844 t | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 846,040 t | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 677,059 t | -20.0% |
| 1976 | 777,816 t | +14.9% |
| 1977 | 949,286 t | +22.0% |
| 1978 | 1.01 million t | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 1.01 million t | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 1.05 million t | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 925,878 t | -11.7% |
| 1982 | 1.05 million t | +13.0% |
| 1983 | 1.03 million t | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 1.11 million t | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 1.28 million t | +14.4% |
| 1986 | 1.22 million t | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 1.41 million t | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 1.36 million t | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 1.43 million t | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 1.43 million t | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 1.63 million t | +13.7% |
| 1992 | 1.85 million t | +13.7% |
| 1993 | 1.92 million t | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 1.79 million t | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 1.93 million t | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 2.13 million t | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 2.55 million t | +19.9% |
| 1998 | 3.02 million t | +18.4% |
| 1999 | 3.09 million t | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 3.24 million t | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 3.37 million t | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 3.28 million t | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 3.47 million t | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 3.13 million t | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 3.31 million t | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 3.43 million t | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 3.56 million t | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 3.79 million t | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 3.70 million t | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 4.00 million t | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 3.89 million t | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 4.06 million t | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 3.94 million t | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 4.12 million t | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 4.11 million t | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 4.47 million t | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 5.12 million t | +14.5% |
| 2018 | 5.16 million t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 4.45 million t | -13.7% |
| 2020 | 4.41 million t | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 4.36 million t | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 4.88 million t | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 5.38 million t | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 4.92 million t | -8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 501,884 t | 423,505 t | 604,664 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 813,705 t | 525,175 t | 1.01 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.19 million t | 925,878 t | 1.43 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.14 million t | 1.43 million t | 3.09 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.43 million t | 3.13 million t | 3.79 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.33 million t | 3.89 million t | 5.16 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.79 million t | 4.36 million t | 5.38 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 China 17.33 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 17.31 million t compare
- 2 Türkiye 3.43 million t compare
- 3 India 5.32 million t compare
- 4 Mexico 3.22 million t compare
- 5 Indonesia 3.04 million t compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 154,689 t compare
- 6 Spain 1.52 million t compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 116,233 t compare
- 7 Egypt 1.08 million t compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 93,702 t compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.5324 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 0.2691 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -0.4575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 0.7528 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Americas?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Americas was 4.92 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 5.38 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 423,505 t in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.)?
- Americas ranks 4th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Production. 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.