Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield by country
This dataset provides annual statistics on crop and livestock production across countries and territories. For crops, data are provided on area harvested, production quantities and yields. For livestock, data are provided on animal stocks, numbers of producing and slaughtered animals, and the production of meat,...
Countries reporting
162
Highest
272,333 kg/ha
Belgium
Lowest
1,218 kg/ha
Sierra Leone
Median
14,345 kg/ha
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
9,051
What the numbers show
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 272,333 kg/ha in Belgium; the lowest is 1,218 kg/ha in Sierra Leone.
The median across all reporting countries is 14,345 kg/ha, and the mean is 28,479 kg/ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 224.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 804.0%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 69.3%).
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 272,333 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 259,000 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 216,455 kg/ha | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 4 | Finland | 160,000 kg/ha | 2024 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 137,333 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 6 | New Zealand | 130,041 kg/ha | 2024 | up 210.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Bahrain | 129,412 kg/ha | 2024 | up 804.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Bahrain | 129,412 kg/ha | 2024 | up 804.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Oman | 120,853 kg/ha | 2024 | up 296.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Austria | 100,357 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Guyana | 96,214 kg/ha | 2024 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Poland | 92,207 kg/ha | 2024 | up 104.9% | rising |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 83,047 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 83,047 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Hungary | 70,547 kg/ha | 2024 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Israel | 68,740 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 64,622 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 18 | Uruguay | 64,105 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 19 | El Salvador | 62,562 kg/ha | 2024 | up 177.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Qatar | 50,712 kg/ha | 2024 | up 354.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Japan | 46,885 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 22 | Czechia | 46,643 kg/ha | 2024 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 23 | Kuwait | 46,118 kg/ha | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 24 | Greece | 45,416 kg/ha | 2024 | up 166.5% | rising |
| 25 | Portugal | 43,755 kg/ha | 2024 | up 245.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Jordan | 43,301 kg/ha | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 42,423 kg/ha | 2024 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Palestine | 41,577 kg/ha | 2022 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 29 | Turkey | 40,090 kg/ha | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 29 | Türkiye | 40,090 kg/ha | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 31 | Morocco | 39,062 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 32 | Algeria | 37,400 kg/ha | 2024 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Chile | 36,698 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 36,500 kg/ha | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 35 | Albania | 34,578 kg/ha | 2024 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 36 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 34,059 kg/ha | 1999 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Honduras | 31,315 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Panama | 29,090 kg/ha | 2024 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Cyprus | 29,000 kg/ha | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Canada | 28,430 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28,270 kg/ha | 2024 | up 217.7% | rising |
| 42 | Switzerland | 27,857 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 27,043 kg/ha | 2023 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 44 | United Republic of Tanzania | 26,307 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 26,108 kg/ha | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 26,108 kg/ha | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 25,571 kg/ha | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 25,571 kg/ha | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 49 | Italy | 25,387 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 50 | Guatemala | 25,345 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Montenegro | 25,328 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 52 | Australia and New Zealand | 23,968 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 53 | Tunisia | 23,831 kg/ha | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 54 | Argentina | 23,824 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Niger | 23,266 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Australia | 22,486 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 57 | China, mainland | 22,458 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 58 | China | 22,422 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 58 | China | 22,422 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 60 | Slovakia | 22,222 kg/ha | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 60 | Slovakia | 22,222 kg/ha | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 62 | USSR | 20,675 kg/ha | 1990 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 63 | Mexico | 20,548 kg/ha | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 20,130 kg/ha | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 65 | Serbia | 20,129 kg/ha | 2024 | up 108.6% | rising |
| 65 | Serbia | 20,129 kg/ha | 2024 | up 108.6% | rising |
| 67 | Slovenia | 18,938 kg/ha | 2024 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 68 | Egypt | 18,530 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 68 | Egypt | 18,530 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 70 | Syria | 17,954 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 70 | Syrian Arab Republic | 17,954 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 72 | Peru | 16,748 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Croatia | 15,803 kg/ha | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 73 | Croatia | 15,803 kg/ha | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 75 | Barbados | 15,446 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 76 | Jamaica | 15,056 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 77 | France | 15,029 kg/ha | 2024 | down 60.4% | rising |
| 78 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 14,556 kg/ha | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 79 | Libya | 14,478 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 14,443 kg/ha | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 14,443 kg/ha | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 82 | Czechoslovakia | 14,247 kg/ha | 1992 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 83 | Thailand | 13,608 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 84 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 13,558 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 85 | Colombia | 12,970 kg/ha | 2024 | up 80.0% | falling |
| 86 | Guadeloupe | 12,610 kg/ha | 2006 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 87 | Lebanon | 12,543 kg/ha | 2024 | down 34.5% | flat |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 12,307 kg/ha | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 12,307 kg/ha | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 90 | Fiji | 12,009 kg/ha | 2024 | up 137.0% | rising |
| 90 | Melanesia | 12,009 kg/ha | 2024 | up 137.0% | rising |
| 90 | Fiji | 12,009 kg/ha | 2024 | up 137.0% | rising |
| 93 | Malaysia | 11,984 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 11,726 kg/ha | 2024 | up 115.9% | falling |
| 95 | India | 11,087 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 96 | Ukraine | 10,741 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 97 | Nepal | 10,572 kg/ha | 2024 | up 138.1% | volatile |
| 98 | China, Taiwan Province of | 10,487 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 99 | Paraguay | 10,215 kg/ha | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 100 | Namibia | 10,100 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 101 | Romania | 9,940 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 102 | Caribbean | 9,930 kg/ha | 2024 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 103 | Iraq | 9,292 kg/ha | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 104 | Belize | 9,225 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 105 | Indonesia | 9,200 kg/ha | 2024 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Mauritius | 9,185 kg/ha | 2024 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 107 | French Polynesia | 8,845 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 108 | Polynesia | 8,844 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 109 | Kenya | 8,818 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 110 | Georgia | 8,542 kg/ha | 2024 | down 25.7% | flat |
| 111 | South Africa | 8,492 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 112 | Ghana | 8,403 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 113 | Serbia and Montenegro | 8,397 kg/ha | 2005 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 114 | Cook Islands | 8,357 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 115 | Zimbabwe | 7,989 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 116 | Djibouti | 7,858 kg/ha | 2024 | up 256.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Sudan (former) | 7,771 kg/ha | 2011 | up 66.2% | falling |
| 118 | Dominica | 7,710 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 119 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7,580 kg/ha | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 119 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7,580 kg/ha | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 121 | Nigeria | 7,368 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 122 | Sudan | 7,274 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.9% | flat |
| 123 | Yugoslav SFR | 7,252 kg/ha | 1991 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 124 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7,053 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 124 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7,053 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 126 | Republic of Korea | 6,850 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Madagascar | 6,700 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 127 | Madagascar | 6,700 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 129 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6,647 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 129 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6,647 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 131 | Cuba | 6,286 kg/ha | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Mali | 5,943 kg/ha | 2024 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 133 | Sri Lanka | 5,795 kg/ha | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Yemen | 5,531 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 134 | Yemen | 5,531 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 136 | Burkina Faso | 5,313 kg/ha | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 137 | Brunei | 5,262 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 137 | Brunei Darussalam | 5,262 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 139 | Republic of Moldova | 4,980 kg/ha | 2024 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 140 | Philippines | 4,928 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 141 | Bhutan | 4,574 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 142 | Rwanda | 4,226 kg/ha | 2024 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Malawi | 4,107 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 144 | Guinea | 4,013 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 4,009 kg/ha | 2024 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Ecuador | 3,489 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Costa Rica | 3,406 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 148 | Benin | 3,400 kg/ha | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 149 | Maldives | 3,349 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 150 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,227 kg/ha | 2024 | down 31.2% | flat |
| 151 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2,905 kg/ha | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 152 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,862 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 152 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,862 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,235 kg/ha | 2024 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 155 | Ethiopia | 2,117 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 155 | Ethiopia | 2,117 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 157 | Cameroon | 2,102 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 158 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2,008 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 159 | Gabon | 1,985 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 160 | Laos | 1,613 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,613 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Sierra Leone | 1,218 kg/ha | 2024 | up 55.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Europe 210,446 kg/ha
- Western Europe 146,821 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 51,383 kg/ha
- Southern Europe 41,276 kg/ha
- Europe 39,003 kg/ha
- Western Asia 37,018 kg/ha
- United States of America 30,699 kg/ha
- Northern America 30,452 kg/ha
- Central Asia 28,827 kg/ha
- Northern Africa 23,128 kg/ha
- Oceania 22,659 kg/ha
- Eastern Europe 21,889 kg/ha
- Eastern Asia 21,325 kg/ha
- Central America 20,788 kg/ha
- Americas 19,848 kg/ha
- Asia 17,049 kg/ha
- World 15,910 kg/ha
- South America 15,833 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 10,946 kg/ha
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 10,752 kg/ha
- Southern Africa 9,155 kg/ha
- South-eastern Asia 8,949 kg/ha
- Africa 7,654 kg/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 7,515 kg/ha
- Western Africa 5,966 kg/ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 5,945 kg/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4,083 kg/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3,764 kg/ha
- Eastern Africa 2,425 kg/ha
- Middle Africa 2,102 kg/ha
About this data
This dataset provides annual statistics on crop and livestock production across countries and territories. For crops, data are provided on area harvested, production quantities and yields. For livestock, data are provided on animal stocks, numbers of producing and slaughtered animals, and the production of meat, milk, eggs and other livestock products. The dataset also includes information on production quantities for selected processed products, such as vegetable oils, sugar, fibres, beer, wine and major dairy products.