Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) was 1,722 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 1,722 t for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Puerto Rico peaked at 6,622 t in 1984 and was at its lowest, 1,450 t, in 2018.
That places Puerto Rico 103rd out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,248 t | — |
| 1962 | 3,701 t | +13.9% |
| 1963 | 3,515 t | -5.0% |
| 1964 | 3,833 t | +9.0% |
| 1965 | 4,241 t | +10.6% |
| 1966 | 4,309 t | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 4,173 t | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 3,493 t | -16.3% |
| 1969 | 4,400 t | +26.0% |
| 1970 | 3,175 t | -27.8% |
| 1971 | 3,629 t | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 4,218 t | +16.2% |
| 1973 | 3,856 t | -8.6% |
| 1974 | 2,495 t | -35.3% |
| 1975 | 2,821 t | +13.1% |
| 1976 | 2,821 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,268 t | -19.6% |
| 1978 | 2,087 t | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 2,223 t | +6.5% |
| 1980 | 2,268 t | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 2,613 t | +15.2% |
| 1982 | 3,175 t | +21.5% |
| 1983 | 4,082 t | +28.6% |
| 1984 | 6,622 t | +62.2% |
| 1985 | 4,763 t | -28.1% |
| 1986 | 4,559 t | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 4,649 t | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 4,386 t | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 4,218 t | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 4,763 t | +12.9% |
| 1991 | 3,855 t | -19.1% |
| 1992 | 4,840 t | +25.6% |
| 1993 | 4,777 t | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 4,763 t | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 4,264 t | -10.5% |
| 1996 | 4,128 t | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 3,651 t | -11.6% |
| 1998 | 5,700 t | +56.1% |
| 1999 | 3,537 t | -37.9% |
| 2000 | 4,382 t | +23.9% |
| 2001 | 4,141 t | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 4,189 t | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 4,292 t | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 4,317 t | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 4,428 t | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 3,863 t | -12.8% |
| 2007 | 3,766 t | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 3,638 t | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 3,545 t | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 3,518 t | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 3,366 t | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 3,560 t | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 3,091 t | -13.2% |
| 2014 | 2,487 t | -19.5% |
| 2015 | 2,768 t | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 2,623 t | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 2,000 t | -23.7% |
| 2018 | 1,450 t | -27.5% |
| 2019 | 1,997 t | +37.7% |
| 2020 | 1,988 t | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,901 t | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 1,901 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,682 t | -11.5% |
| 2024 | 1,722 t | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,879 t | 3,248 t | 4,400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,959 t | 2,087 t | 4,218 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,134 t | 2,268 t | 6,622 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,428 t | 3,537 t | 5,700 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,056 t | 3,545 t | 4,428 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,686 t | 1,450 t | 3,560 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,839 t | 1,682 t | 1,988 t | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Puerto Rico?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Puerto Rico was 1,722 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 6,622 t in 1984.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,450 t in 2018.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.)?
- Puerto Rico ranks 103rd out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.