Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Australia
Australia: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 22,486 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Australia, 1985–2024
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 Australia stood at 22,486 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Australia peaked at 25,772 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 11,113 kg/ha, in 1985.
Australia ranks 49th of 126 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 11,113 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 12,224 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 12,854 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 13,391 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 14,896 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1990 | 15,262 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 15,800 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 17,065 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 17,857 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 17,667 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 17,574 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 18,434 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 17,184 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 16,954 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 18,089 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 17,702 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 16,688 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 17,810 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 16,422 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 19,845 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2005 | 19,994 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 24,271 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2007 | 25,128 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 25,682 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 21,918 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2010 | 21,910 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 21,443 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 18,934 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2013 | 21,092 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2014 | 23,691 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2015 | 22,427 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 20,694 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 21,950 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 23,679 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 25,772 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 19,718 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2021 | 20,805 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 22,571 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 22,389 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 22,486 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12,896 kg/ha | 11,113 kg/ha | 14,896 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 17,189 kg/ha | 15,262 kg/ha | 18,434 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,546 kg/ha | 16,422 kg/ha | 25,682 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,159 kg/ha | 18,934 kg/ha | 25,772 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,594 kg/ha | 19,718 kg/ha | 22,571 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Australia?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Australia was 22,486 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 Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 25,772 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,113 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Australia rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Australia ranks 49th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.