Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) was 87,811 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka stood at 87,811 t.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and up 38.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Sri Lanka peaked at 110,834 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 11,000 t, in 1961.
That places Sri Lanka 43rd out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 12,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 13,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 16,243 t | +24.9% |
| 1965 | 20,231 t | +24.6% |
| 1966 | 19,367 t | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 28,916 t | +49.3% |
| 1968 | 24,108 t | -16.6% |
| 1969 | 19,812 t | -17.8% |
| 1970 | 32,198 t | +62.5% |
| 1971 | 30,000 t | -6.8% |
| 1972 | 31,980 t | +6.6% |
| 1973 | 40,037 t | +25.2% |
| 1974 | 44,581 t | +11.3% |
| 1975 | 37,607 t | -15.6% |
| 1976 | 43,535 t | +15.8% |
| 1977 | 42,972 t | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 38,586 t | -10.2% |
| 1979 | 46,400 t | +20.3% |
| 1980 | 50,987 t | +9.9% |
| 1981 | 37,500 t | -26.5% |
| 1982 | 36,445 t | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 40,600 t | +11.4% |
| 1984 | 73,600 t | +81.3% |
| 1985 | 98,700 t | +34.1% |
| 1986 | 105,784 t | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 73,501 t | -30.5% |
| 1988 | 82,700 t | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 67,900 t | -17.9% |
| 1990 | 100,000 t | +47.3% |
| 1991 | 99,507 t | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 73,919 t | -25.7% |
| 1993 | 94,700 t | +28.1% |
| 1994 | 93,014 t | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 101,485 t | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 73,611 t | -27.5% |
| 1997 | 72,231 t | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 62,470 t | -13.5% |
| 1999 | 60,030 t | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 55,860 t | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 49,040 t | -12.2% |
| 2002 | 46,350 t | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 58,690 t | +26.6% |
| 2004 | 53,230 t | -9.3% |
| 2005 | 66,990 t | +25.9% |
| 2006 | 66,550 t | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 48,700 t | -26.8% |
| 2008 | 51,010 t | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 46,420 t | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 49,000 t | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 44,400 t | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 64,290 t | +44.8% |
| 2013 | 71,175 t | +10.7% |
| 2014 | 63,306 t | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 63,209 t | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 72,311 t | +14.4% |
| 2017 | 51,827 t | -28.3% |
| 2018 | 79,003 t | +52.4% |
| 2019 | 60,593 t | -23.3% |
| 2020 | 110,834 t | +82.9% |
| 2021 | 96,053 t | -13.3% |
| 2022 | 89,135 t | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 90,456 t | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 87,811 t | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,297 t | 11,000 t | 28,916 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,790 t | 30,000 t | 46,400 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 66,772 t | 36,445 t | 105,784 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 83,097 t | 60,030 t | 101,485 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,284 t | 46,350 t | 66,990 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,911 t | 44,400 t | 79,003 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 94,858 t | 87,811 t | 110,834 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Sri Lanka?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Sri Lanka was 87,811 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 110,834 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,000 t in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.)?
- Sri Lanka ranks 43rd out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.