Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 2,117 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Ethiopia is 2,117 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 3,000 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1,210 kg/ha, in 1994.
Ethiopia ranks 123rd of 126 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1,296 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 1,210 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 1,245 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 1,291 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 1,297 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1,304 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 1,298 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 1,293 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 1,574 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2002 | 1,946 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2003 | 1,349 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 2004 | 2,002 kg/ha | +48.5% |
| 2005 | 1,891 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 2,496 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 2007 | 2,182 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2008 | 2,218 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 2,260 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 3,000 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 2011 | 2,636 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2012 | 2,734 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 2,833 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 2,664 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 2,267 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2016 | 2,176 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 2,209 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 2,231 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 2,534 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2020 | 2,173 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2021 | 2,050 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 2,102 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 2,203 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 2,117 kg/ha | -3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,277 kg/ha | 1,210 kg/ha | 1,304 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,921 kg/ha | 1,293 kg/ha | 2,496 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,528 kg/ha | 2,176 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,129 kg/ha | 2,050 kg/ha | 2,203 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 120 Antigua and Barbuda 3,227 kg/ha compare
- 121 Sao Tome and Principe 2,862 kg/ha compare
- 122 Trinidad and Tobago 2,235 kg/ha compare
- 124 Cameroon 2,102 kg/ha compare
- 125 Gabon 1,985 kg/ha compare
- 126 Sierra Leone 1,218 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Ethiopia?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Ethiopia was 2,117 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,000 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,210 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Ethiopia rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 123rd out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.