Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Central America
Central America: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 20,788 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Central America, 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 Central America stood at 20,788 kg/ha.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and up 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Central America peaked at 21,663 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,891 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 14th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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.) — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,891 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,968 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 3,106 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 3,261 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 3,266 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 3,967 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1967 | 5,294 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 1968 | 5,036 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 5,036 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,273 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 6,888 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1972 | 7,144 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 7,011 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 7,434 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 6,782 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1976 | 8,382 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1977 | 9,626 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1978 | 9,464 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 8,570 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1980 | 8,713 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 9,021 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 8,237 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1983 | 9,591 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1984 | 10,388 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 8,334 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1986 | 8,133 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 10,106 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1988 | 8,130 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1989 | 8,600 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 9,439 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1991 | 10,162 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 8,920 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1993 | 8,455 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 9,122 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 11,980 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1996 | 11,776 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 14,379 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1998 | 11,820 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1999 | 11,013 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 11,959 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2001 | 12,793 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 12,739 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 13,255 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 17,244 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 2005 | 17,387 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 18,190 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 21,404 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2008 | 15,644 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 2009 | 13,966 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2010 | 16,261 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2011 | 14,871 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 17,504 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2013 | 17,342 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 16,845 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 16,343 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 16,342 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 20,696 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2018 | 21,663 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 18,466 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2020 | 18,146 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 17,859 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 20,097 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 21,454 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 20,788 kg/ha | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,869 kg/ha | 2,891 kg/ha | 5,294 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,657 kg/ha | 5,273 kg/ha | 9,626 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,925 kg/ha | 8,130 kg/ha | 10,388 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,706 kg/ha | 8,455 kg/ha | 14,379 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,458 kg/ha | 11,959 kg/ha | 21,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,633 kg/ha | 14,871 kg/ha | 21,663 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,669 kg/ha | 17,859 kg/ha | 21,454 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 11 Poland 92,207 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,905 kg/ha compare
- 12 Uzbekistan 83,047 kg/ha compare
- 13 Hungary 70,547 kg/ha compare
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2,008 kg/ha compare
- 14 Israel 68,740 kg/ha compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,613 kg/ha compare
- 15 Spain 64,622 kg/ha compare
- 16 Uruguay 64,105 kg/ha compare
- 17 El Salvador 62,562 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Central America?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Central America was 20,788 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 21,663 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,891 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Central America ranks 14th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.