Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 3,489 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 3,489 kg/ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Ecuador peaked at 21,200 kg/ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 2,835 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Ecuador 116th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,550 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,909 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1963 | 21,036 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 21,200 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 21,183 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 3,652 kg/ha | -82.8% |
| 1967 | 3,158 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1968 | 2,835 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1969 | 2,857 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 3,143 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 3,429 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 3,562 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 3,733 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 4,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 3,750 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 5,389 kg/ha | +43.7% |
| 1977 | 4,703 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1978 | 3,974 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1979 | 3,362 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1980 | 4,158 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1981 | 4,627 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 5,259 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1983 | 5,429 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 6,151 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1985 | 5,853 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 5,683 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 8,447 kg/ha | +48.6% |
| 1988 | 8,641 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 7,816 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1990 | 7,609 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 6,737 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1992 | 4,506 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 1993 | 5,132 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1994 | 5,127 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 4,470 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1996 | 5,680 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1997 | 8,968 kg/ha | +57.9% |
| 1998 | 11,360 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1999 | 11,656 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 5,156 kg/ha | -55.8% |
| 2001 | 5,840 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 5,898 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 6,352 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 3,500 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 2005 | 3,895 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2006 | 3,611 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 3,684 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 3,846 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 3,900 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 3,854 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 3,810 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 3,814 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 3,818 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 3,778 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 3,783 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 3,822 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 3,783 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 3,934 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 3,653 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 3,472 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 3,564 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 3,581 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 3,535 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 3,489 kg/ha | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,931 kg/ha | 2,835 kg/ha | 21,200 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,904 kg/ha | 3,143 kg/ha | 5,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,206 kg/ha | 4,158 kg/ha | 8,641 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,125 kg/ha | 4,470 kg/ha | 11,656 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,568 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 6,352 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,805 kg/ha | 3,653 kg/ha | 3,934 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,528 kg/ha | 3,472 kg/ha | 3,581 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Ecuador?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Ecuador was 3,489 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 21,200 kg/ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,835 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Ecuador rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 116th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.