Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Spain
Spain: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) was 1.52 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Spain, 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 Spain is 1.52 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 9.3% on the previous year and up 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Spain peaked at 1.53 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 333,500 t, in 1962.
That places Spain 6th out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Spain, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 356,700 t | — |
| 1962 | 333,500 t | -6.5% |
| 1963 | 402,700 t | +20.7% |
| 1964 | 367,300 t | -8.8% |
| 1965 | 383,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 361,700 t | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 384,100 t | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 392,200 t | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 372,100 t | -5.1% |
| 1970 | 394,500 t | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 384,300 t | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 439,800 t | +14.4% |
| 1973 | 544,500 t | +23.8% |
| 1974 | 456,800 t | -16.1% |
| 1975 | 460,000 t | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 492,000 t | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 480,900 t | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 522,400 t | +8.6% |
| 1979 | 538,300 t | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 551,400 t | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 549,800 t | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 579,400 t | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 601,700 t | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 635,058 t | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 670,552 t | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 692,800 t | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 700,200 t | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 724,200 t | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 795,400 t | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 900,500 t | +13.2% |
| 1991 | 731,600 t | -18.8% |
| 1992 | 755,300 t | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 733,800 t | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 742,600 t | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 790,500 t | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 867,700 t | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 893,275 t | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 890,070 t | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 924,100 t | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 946,762 t | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 979,151 t | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 1.06 million t | +7.9% |
| 2003 | 1.06 million t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.08 million t | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1.06 million t | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 1.15 million t | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 1.06 million t | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 918,140 t | -13.2% |
| 2009 | 932,191 t | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 875,657 t | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 921,089 t | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 970,296 t | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 999,600 t | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.13 million t | +13.1% |
| 2015 | 1.10 million t | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 1.18 million t | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 1.28 million t | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 1.28 million t | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.40 million t | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 1.47 million t | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 1.51 million t | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 1.53 million t | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 1.39 million t | -9.4% |
| 2024 | 1.52 million t | +9.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 372,589 t | 333,500 t | 402,700 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 471,350 t | 384,300 t | 544,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 650,051 t | 549,800 t | 795,400 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 822,944 t | 731,600 t | 924,100 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.02 million t | 918,140 t | 1.15 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.11 million t | 875,657 t | 1.40 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.49 million t | 1.39 million t | 1.53 million t | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Spain?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Spain was 1.52 million 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1.53 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 333,500 t in 1962.
- How does Spain rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.)?
- Spain ranks 6th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.