Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Western Africa
Western Africa: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) was 1.83 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Western Africa, 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 Western Africa is 1.83 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 44.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Western Africa peaked at 1.83 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 454,000 t, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 15th of 28 groups on this measure, 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 454,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 467,300 t | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 480,500 t | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 495,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 507,300 t | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 521,500 t | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 539,500 t | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 550,700 t | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 573,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 604,500 t | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 616,500 t | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 658,200 t | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 642,100 t | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 716,400 t | +11.6% |
| 1975 | 697,300 t | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 713,800 t | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 698,800 t | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 706,600 t | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 735,814 t | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 751,400 t | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 742,500 t | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 749,800 t | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 771,800 t | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 805,200 t | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 808,707 t | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 898,565 t | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 944,429 t | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 934,473 t | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 1.01 million t | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 935,501 t | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 827,209 t | -11.6% |
| 1992 | 773,822 t | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 738,003 t | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 745,855 t | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 763,135 t | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 949,522 t | +24.4% |
| 1997 | 1.03 million t | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 1.06 million t | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 1.07 million t | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 1.05 million t | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 1.04 million t | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.05 million t | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.06 million t | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 1.07 million t | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 1.03 million t | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 968,046 t | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 950,979 t | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 935,979 t | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 906,501 t | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 972,074 t | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 998,430 t | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 1.04 million t | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 1.07 million t | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 1.27 million t | +19.0% |
| 2015 | 1.48 million t | +16.9% |
| 2016 | 1.54 million t | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 1.49 million t | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 1.56 million t | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 1.65 million t | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 1.76 million t | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 1.75 million t | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.78 million t | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 1.83 million t | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 1.83 million t | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 509,867 t | 454,000 t | 573,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 679,001 t | 604,500 t | 735,814 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 842,096 t | 742,500 t | 1.01 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 889,714 t | 738,003 t | 1.07 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 million t | 906,501 t | 1.07 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.31 million t | 972,074 t | 1.65 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.79 million t | 1.75 million t | 1.83 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11,843 t compare
- 12 Ethiopia 397,890 t compare
- 13 Guinea 379,897 t compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 10,458 t compare
- 14 Yugoslav SFR 304,213 t compare
- 14 Melanesia 5,260 t compare
- 15 Niger 304,184 t compare
- 15 Polynesia 176.34 t compare
- 16 Poland 267,400 t compare
- 17 Kazakhstan 267,240 t compare
- 18 Morocco 259,976 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Western Africa?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Western Africa was 1.83 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.83 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 454,000 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.)?
- Western Africa ranks 15th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.