Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 20,548 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Mexico stood at 20,548 kg/ha.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Mexico peaked at 21,552 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,837 kg/ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 54th 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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,837 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,919 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 3,058 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 3,218 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 3,220 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,932 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1967 | 5,278 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1968 | 5,011 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 5,012 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,258 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 6,901 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1972 | 7,157 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 7,024 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 7,453 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 6,797 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1976 | 8,422 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1977 | 9,668 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1978 | 9,502 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 8,595 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1980 | 8,748 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 9,072 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 8,266 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1983 | 9,647 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1984 | 10,450 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 8,359 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 8,217 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 10,228 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1988 | 8,203 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1989 | 8,668 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 9,541 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1991 | 10,376 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 9,032 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1993 | 8,554 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1994 | 9,172 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 12,090 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1996 | 11,876 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 14,507 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1998 | 11,858 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1999 | 10,990 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 11,928 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 12,737 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 12,731 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 13,175 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 17,444 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2005 | 17,542 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 18,217 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 21,516 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2008 | 15,528 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2009 | 13,825 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 16,222 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2011 | 14,764 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 17,481 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2013 | 17,263 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 16,610 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 16,073 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 16,087 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 20,549 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2018 | 21,552 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 18,167 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2020 | 17,848 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 17,483 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 19,833 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 21,261 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 20,548 kg/ha | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,832 kg/ha | 2,837 kg/ha | 5,278 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,678 kg/ha | 5,258 kg/ha | 9,668 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,986 kg/ha | 8,203 kg/ha | 10,450 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,800 kg/ha | 8,554 kg/ha | 14,507 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,464 kg/ha | 11,928 kg/ha | 21,516 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,477 kg/ha | 14,764 kg/ha | 21,552 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,395 kg/ha | 17,483 kg/ha | 21,261 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Mexico?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Mexico was 20,548 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 21,552 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,837 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Mexico ranks 54th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.