Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) was 131,215 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Saudi Arabia, 2017–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 131,215 t for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in 2024. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 9.4% on the previous year and up 174.1% over ten years.
That places Saudi Arabia 28th out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 47,871 t | — |
| 2018 | 52,136 t | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 24,469 t | -53.1% |
| 2020 | 94,812 t | +287.5% |
| 2021 | 108,057 t | +14.0% |
| 2022 | 119,780 t | +10.8% |
| 2023 | 119,893 t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 131,215 t | +9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 41,492 t | 24,469 t | 52,136 t | 3 |
| 2020s | 114,751 t | 94,812 t | 131,215 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Saudi Arabia?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Saudi Arabia was 131,215 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 131,215 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,469 t in 2019.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.)?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 28th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 174.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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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About this data
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.