Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Nigeria
Nigeria: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) was 777,185 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Nigeria, 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 Nigeria is 777,185 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Nigeria peaked at 819,000 t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 388,000 t, in 1961.
Nigeria ranks 8th of 129 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Nigeria, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 388,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 398,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 407,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 418,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 427,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 438,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 450,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 461,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 472,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 484,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 495,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 490,000 t | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 480,000 t | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 540,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 550,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 570,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 590,000 t | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 600,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 620,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 630,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 635,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 650,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 670,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 690,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 700,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 720,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 750,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 780,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 819,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 750,000 t | -8.4% |
| 1991 | 650,000 t | -13.3% |
| 1992 | 600,000 t | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 575,000 t | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 593,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 612,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 633,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 745,000 t | +17.7% |
| 1998 | 709,000 t | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 715,000 t | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 715,657 t | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 716,937 t | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 720,000 t | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 717,168 t | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 718,409 t | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 721,000 t | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 721,500 t | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 723,000 t | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 725,000 t | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 727,814 t | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 733,631 t | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 733,206 t | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 735,765 t | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 738,324 t | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 742,884 t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 750,105 t | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 755,960 t | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 759,150 t | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 762,632 t | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 765,622 t | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 768,533 t | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 773,531 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 772,841 t | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 775,013 t | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 777,185 t | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 428,778 t | 388,000 t | 472,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 541,900 t | 480,000 t | 620,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 704,400 t | 630,000 t | 819,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 658,200 t | 575,000 t | 750,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 720,648 t | 715,657 t | 727,814 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 747,728 t | 733,206 t | 765,622 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 773,421 t | 768,533 t | 777,185 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 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
- 9 Algeria 643,418 t compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 49,927 t compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17,579 t compare
- 10 Tunisia 484,213 t compare
- 11 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 406,630 t compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 15,856 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3622 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Nigeria?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Nigeria was 777,185 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 819,000 t in 1989.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 388,000 t in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.)?
- Nigeria ranks 8th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.