Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Ghana
Ghana: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 8,403 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Ghana, 1961–2024
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 Ghana is 8,403 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Ghana peaked at 8,840 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,300 kg/ha, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 90th of 126 countries on this measure, 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 Ghana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,300 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,333 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 2,364 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 2,391 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 2,375 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 2,400 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 2,600 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 2,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,778 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 3,387 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1971 | 3,387 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,813 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1973 | 3,069 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 2,800 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 2,970 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 2,935 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 3,048 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 3,054 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 3,080 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 3,101 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 2,927 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1982 | 2,675 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1983 | 2,698 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 2,960 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1985 | 3,100 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 2,896 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 2,850 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 2,900 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 2,860 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 3,217 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 3,333 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 3,375 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 3,429 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 3,500 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 5,199 kg/ha | +48.6% |
| 1996 | 3,706 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1997 | 3,341 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1998 | 3,901 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1999 | 3,600 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 3,849 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 3,881 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 4,066 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 4,169 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 4,401 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 4,444 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 5,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2007 | 5,500 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 6,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 6,488 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 6,818 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 7,090 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 8,029 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2013 | 8,270 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 8,500 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 8,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8,179 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 8,398 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 8,675 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 8,840 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 8,504 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 8,447 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 8,463 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 8,403 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,460 kg/ha | 2,300 kg/ha | 2,778 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,054 kg/ha | 2,800 kg/ha | 3,387 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,897 kg/ha | 2,675 kg/ha | 3,101 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,660 kg/ha | 3,217 kg/ha | 5,199 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,780 kg/ha | 3,849 kg/ha | 6,488 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,096 kg/ha | 6,818 kg/ha | 8,675 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,531 kg/ha | 8,403 kg/ha | 8,840 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 87 Kenya 8,818 kg/ha compare
- 88 Georgia 8,542 kg/ha compare
- 89 South Africa 8,492 kg/ha compare
- 91 Serbia and Montenegro 8,397 kg/ha compare
- 92 Cook Islands 8,357 kg/ha compare
- 93 Zimbabwe 7,989 kg/ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 41.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2128 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 692.99 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Ghana?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Ghana was 8,403 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 8,840 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Ghana ranks 90th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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.