Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Kenya
Kenya: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 8,818 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Kenya, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 8,818 kg/ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 11.3% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Kenya peaked at 10,000 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2,567 kg/ha, in 1996.
Kenya ranks 87th of 126 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3,637 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 5,155 kg/ha | +41.7% |
| 1994 | 7,195 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 1995 | 9,172 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1996 | 2,567 kg/ha | -72.0% |
| 1997 | 3,539 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 1998 | 3,564 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 3,874 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 4,089 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 4,239 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 4,104 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 5,538 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2004 | 6,192 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 10,000 kg/ha | +61.5% |
| 2006 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6,029 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 2009 | 5,022 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 4,491 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2011 | 5,588 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2012 | 4,711 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2013 | 7,950 kg/ha | +68.7% |
| 2014 | 9,020 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2015 | 7,879 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2016 | 7,822 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 7,793 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 7,654 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 7,713 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 7,925 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 8,109 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 8,413 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 9,941 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2024 | 8,818 kg/ha | -11.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,838 kg/ha | 2,567 kg/ha | 9,172 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 6,521 kg/ha | 4,089 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,062 kg/ha | 4,491 kg/ha | 9,020 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,641 kg/ha | 7,925 kg/ha | 9,941 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Kenya?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Kenya was 8,818 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 10,000 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,567 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Kenya rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Kenya ranks 87th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.