Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Greece
Greece: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) was 124,440 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Greece, 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 Greece is 124,440 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 14.8% on the previous year and up 98.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Greece peaked at 164,290 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 14,678 t, in 1961.
That places Greece 30th out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Greece, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,678 t | — |
| 1962 | 15,695 t | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 17,894 t | +14.0% |
| 1964 | 19,683 t | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 22,976 t | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 24,167 t | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 23,192 t | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 24,881 t | +7.3% |
| 1969 | 26,643 t | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 27,684 t | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 31,352 t | +13.2% |
| 1972 | 38,448 t | +22.6% |
| 1973 | 37,727 t | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 39,966 t | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 46,349 t | +16.0% |
| 1976 | 50,794 t | +9.6% |
| 1977 | 74,226 t | +46.1% |
| 1978 | 65,760 t | -11.4% |
| 1979 | 74,060 t | +12.6% |
| 1980 | 82,536 t | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 83,606 t | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 64,343 t | -23.0% |
| 1983 | 73,046 t | +13.5% |
| 1984 | 93,181 t | +27.6% |
| 1985 | 114,348 t | +22.7% |
| 1986 | 93,916 t | -17.9% |
| 1987 | 98,400 t | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 92,400 t | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 94,400 t | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 84,418 t | -10.6% |
| 1991 | 100,000 t | +18.5% |
| 1992 | 104,600 t | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 87,584 t | -16.3% |
| 1994 | 93,703 t | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 92,504 t | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 98,721 t | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 106,987 t | +8.4% |
| 1998 | 115,075 t | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 111,313 t | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 107,714 t | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 130,732 t | +21.4% |
| 2002 | 113,135 t | -13.5% |
| 2003 | 102,845 t | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 108,062 t | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 104,650 t | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 113,180 t | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 106,556 t | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 107,405 t | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 109,074 t | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 109,108 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 106,936 t | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 96,090 t | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 94,412 t | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 62,686 t | -33.6% |
| 2015 | 83,414 t | +33.1% |
| 2016 | 135,285 t | +62.2% |
| 2017 | 127,028 t | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 145,810 t | +14.8% |
| 2019 | 155,000 t | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 164,290 t | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 138,280 t | -15.8% |
| 2022 | 135,810 t | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 108,400 t | -20.2% |
| 2024 | 124,440 t | +14.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,090 t | 14,678 t | 26,643 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,637 t | 27,684 t | 74,226 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 89,018 t | 64,343 t | 114,348 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 99,491 t | 84,418 t | 115,075 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 110,335 t | 102,845 t | 130,732 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 111,577 t | 62,686 t | 155,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 134,244 t | 108,400 t | 164,290 t | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Greece?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Greece was 124,440 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 164,290 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,678 t in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.)?
- Greece ranks 30th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 98.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.