Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Japan
Japan: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) was 143,000 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Japan stood at 143,000 t.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Japan peaked at 182,400 t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 21,000 t, in 1961.
Japan ranks 27th of 129 countries on this measure, 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 Japan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 21,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 22,500 t | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 24,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 52,600 t | +119.2% |
| 1966 | 76,800 t | +46.0% |
| 1967 | 81,600 t | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 95,600 t | +17.2% |
| 1969 | 103,700 t | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 127,700 t | +23.1% |
| 1971 | 134,800 t | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 145,300 t | +7.8% |
| 1973 | 144,000 t | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 139,500 t | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 146,800 t | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 149,100 t | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 166,400 t | +11.6% |
| 1978 | 168,700 t | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 173,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 161,400 t | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 176,200 t | +9.2% |
| 1982 | 174,700 t | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 168,200 t | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 180,300 t | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 171,600 t | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 177,800 t | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 172,200 t | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 170,400 t | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 182,400 t | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 171,300 t | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 155,700 t | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 166,500 t | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 156,100 t | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 164,800 t | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 169,200 t | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 166,300 t | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 168,600 t | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 160,000 t | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 165,100 t | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 171,400 t | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 159,400 t | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 161,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 151,500 t | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 153,400 t | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 154,000 t | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 146,800 t | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 149,600 t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 150,300 t | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 142,700 t | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 137,300 t | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 141,800 t | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 145,000 t | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 145,300 t | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 145,300 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 140,400 t | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 144,800 t | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 147,000 t | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 140,300 t | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 145,700 t | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 143,100 t | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 148,500 t | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 150,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 144,000 t | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 143,000 t | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,422 t | 21,000 t | 103,700 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 149,530 t | 127,700 t | 173,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 173,520 t | 161,400 t | 182,400 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 164,360 t | 155,700 t | 171,300 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 154,010 t | 142,700 t | 171,400 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 143,290 t | 137,300 t | 147,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 145,720 t | 143,000 t | 150,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 24 Oman 181,763 t compare
- 25 Serbia and Montenegro 167,477 t compare
- 26 Argentina 152,895 t compare
- 26 Côte d'Ivoire 27,795 t compare
- 28 Saudi Arabia 131,215 t compare
- 29 Nepal 124,812 t compare
- 30 Greece 124,440 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Japan?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Japan was 143,000 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 182,400 t in 1989.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,000 t in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.)?
- Japan ranks 27th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.