Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in India
India: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 11,087 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in India, 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 India is 11,087 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in India peaked at 11,768 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5,965 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places India 75th out of 126 countries 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 India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,965 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,993 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 5,986 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 6,129 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 6,000 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 6,188 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 6,200 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 6,215 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 6,380 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 6,391 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 6,402 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 6,485 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 6,618 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 6,686 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 6,694 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 6,713 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 6,997 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,297 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 7,308 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 7,333 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 7,700 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 7,707 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 8,214 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 8,182 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 8,400 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 8,478 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 8,808 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 8,792 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 8,842 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 8,829 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 9,061 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 9,127 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 9,194 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 9,261 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 9,328 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 9,395 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 9,463 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 9,530 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 9,598 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 9,666 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 9,733 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 9,801 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 9,870 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 9,938 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 10,006 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 10,075 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 10,144 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 10,212 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 10,281 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 10,349 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 10,418 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 10,487 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 10,906 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 10,239 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 9,597 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 11,579 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2018 | 11,768 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 10,432 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2020 | 11,046 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 10,994 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 11,414 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 11,364 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 11,087 kg/ha | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,117 kg/ha | 5,965 kg/ha | 6,380 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,728 kg/ha | 6,391 kg/ha | 7,297 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,092 kg/ha | 7,308 kg/ha | 8,808 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,203 kg/ha | 8,829 kg/ha | 9,530 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,904 kg/ha | 9,598 kg/ha | 10,212 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,606 kg/ha | 9,597 kg/ha | 11,768 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,181 kg/ha | 10,994 kg/ha | 11,414 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in India?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in India was 11,087 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 11,768 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,965 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- India ranks 75th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.