Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Portugal
Portugal: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) was 46,380 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Portugal, 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 Portugal stood at 46,380 t.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 4,567.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Portugal peaked at 54,500 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 500 t, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 55th of 129 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 t | — |
| 1962 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 600 t | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 750 t | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 1,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1978 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,200 t | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 1,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1990 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,028 t | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 1,032 t | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 1,038 t | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 1,045 t | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 1,052 t | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 1,060 t | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 1,069 t | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 1,078 t | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 1,030 t | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 1,050 t | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 1,070 t | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 1,091 t | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 1,114 t | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 1,138 t | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 1,200 t | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 1,250 t | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 1,300 t | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 1,400 t | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 1,121 t | -20.0% |
| 2011 | 862.95 t | -23.0% |
| 2012 | 897.4 t | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 818.3 t | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 993.76 t | +21.4% |
| 2015 | 884.2 t | -11.0% |
| 2016 | 862.24 t | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 822.19 t | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 38,140 t | +4538.8% |
| 2019 | 36,660 t | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 54,500 t | +48.7% |
| 2021 | 54,190 t | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 41,280 t | -23.8% |
| 2023 | 46,680 t | +13.1% |
| 2024 | 46,380 t | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 511.11 t | 500 t | 600 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 735 t | 600 t | 1,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,040 t | 1,000 t | 1,200 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,040 t | 1,000 t | 1,078 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,164 t | 1,030 t | 1,400 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,206 t | 818.3 t | 38,140 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,606 t | 41,280 t | 54,500 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Portugal?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Portugal was 46,380 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 54,500 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 t in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.)?
- Portugal ranks 55th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4,567.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.