Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Italy
Italy: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) was 234,830 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Italy recorded 234,830 t for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Italy peaked at 483,090 t in 1975 and was at its lowest, 227,510 t, in 2023.
That places Italy 20th out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Italy, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 231,100 t | — |
| 1962 | 240,600 t | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 298,300 t | +24.0% |
| 1964 | 323,400 t | +8.4% |
| 1965 | 315,600 t | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 360,600 t | +14.3% |
| 1967 | 375,100 t | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 395,400 t | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 417,000 t | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 423,900 t | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 421,700 t | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 416,300 t | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 476,700 t | +14.5% |
| 1974 | 481,010 t | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 483,090 t | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 481,270 t | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 466,970 t | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 462,680 t | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 471,200 t | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 479,140 t | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 446,090 t | -6.9% |
| 1982 | 455,370 t | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 455,730 t | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 429,570 t | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 427,800 t | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 421,040 t | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 387,730 t | -7.9% |
| 1988 | 366,340 t | -5.5% |
| 1989 | 349,720 t | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 343,720 t | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 376,608 t | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 362,886 t | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 363,066 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 341,875 t | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 325,116 t | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 346,500 t | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 357,187 t | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 359,830 t | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 341,623 t | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 364,963 t | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 379,700 t | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 326,850 t | -13.9% |
| 2003 | 360,621 t | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 362,430 t | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 362,994 t | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 345,152 t | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 252,194 t | -26.9% |
| 2008 | 325,727 t | +29.2% |
| 2009 | 323,869 t | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 293,647 t | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 229,093 t | -22.0% |
| 2012 | 291,661 t | +27.3% |
| 2013 | 307,122 t | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 285,203 t | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 282,896 t | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 271,256 t | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 250,072 t | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 260,750 t | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 249,640 t | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 247,620 t | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 244,050 t | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 232,680 t | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 227,510 t | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 234,830 t | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 328,567 t | 231,100 t | 417,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 458,482 t | 416,300 t | 483,090 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 421,853 t | 349,720 t | 479,140 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 351,841 t | 325,116 t | 376,608 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 340,450 t | 252,194 t | 379,700 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 272,134 t | 229,093 t | 307,122 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 237,338 t | 227,510 t | 247,620 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 17 Kazakhstan 267,240 t compare
- 18 Morocco 259,976 t compare
- 19 North Macedonia 247,476 t compare
- 21 Republic of Korea 210,793 t compare
- 22 Peru 201,451 t compare
- 23 Serbia 190,883 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Italy?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Italy was 234,830 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 483,090 t in 1975.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 227,510 t in 2023.
- How does Italy rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.)?
- Italy ranks 20th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.