Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Cameroon
Cameroon: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 2,102 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 2,102 kg/ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Cameroon peaked at 4,736 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Cameroon 124th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,344 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 2000 | 1,344 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,343 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,271 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 1,301 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 1,280 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 4,274 kg/ha | +234.0% |
| 2006 | 4,736 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 1,999 kg/ha | -57.8% |
| 2008 | 1,999 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,164 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 2,257 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 2,349 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 2,001 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2013 | 1,986 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 2,097 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 2,106 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 2,169 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 2,126 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 2,133 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,075 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 2,111 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 2,106 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,097 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,105 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,102 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,034 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,344 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,171 kg/ha | 1,271 kg/ha | 4,736 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,130 kg/ha | 1,986 kg/ha | 2,349 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,104 kg/ha | 2,097 kg/ha | 2,111 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 121 Sao Tome and Principe 2,862 kg/ha compare
- 122 Trinidad and Tobago 2,235 kg/ha compare
- 123 Ethiopia 2,117 kg/ha compare
- 125 Gabon 1,985 kg/ha compare
- 126 Sierra Leone 1,218 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Cameroon?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Cameroon was 2,102 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 4,736 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Cameroon ranks 124th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.