Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Africa
Africa: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 7,654 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Africa stood at 7,654 kg/ha.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Africa peaked at 8,536 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6,144 kg/ha, in 1993.
That places Africa 22nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,545 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,580 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 6,639 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 6,528 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 6,626 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 6,697 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 6,697 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,744 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 7,000 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 7,165 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 7,187 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 6,214 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1973 | 6,397 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 6,517 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 6,872 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 7,030 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 7,403 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 7,616 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 7,607 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 7,298 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 7,258 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 6,986 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 7,295 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 7,590 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 7,979 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 7,687 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 7,794 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 7,876 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 7,647 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 7,582 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 7,714 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 7,752 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 6,144 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1994 | 6,186 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 6,404 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 6,305 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 6,552 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 6,485 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 6,389 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 6,599 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 6,845 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 6,941 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 7,210 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 7,550 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 7,467 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 8,064 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 8,352 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 8,104 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 8,166 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 8,536 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 7,923 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 7,661 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 7,748 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 8,378 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 8,052 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 7,384 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 7,195 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 7,112 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 7,904 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 6,805 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2021 | 6,881 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 7,463 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 7,846 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 7,654 kg/ha | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,673 kg/ha | 6,528 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,001 kg/ha | 6,214 kg/ha | 7,616 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,541 kg/ha | 6,986 kg/ha | 7,979 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,751 kg/ha | 6,144 kg/ha | 7,752 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,530 kg/ha | 6,599 kg/ha | 8,352 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,789 kg/ha | 7,112 kg/ha | 8,536 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,330 kg/ha | 6,805 kg/ha | 7,846 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Africa?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Africa was 7,654 kg/ha 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.) — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8,536 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,144 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Africa rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Africa ranks 22nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.) — Yield. 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.