Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 27,043 kg/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Nicaragua, 1991–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 27,043 kg/ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in 2023.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 41.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 158,540 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 25,824 kg/ha, in 2017.
Nicaragua ranks 39th of 126 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 158,540 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 153,439 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 148,338 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 143,237 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 138,136 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 133,035 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 127,934 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 122,833 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 117,732 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 112,631 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 107,530 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 102,429 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 97,328 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 92,226 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 87,126 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 82,024 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 76,923 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 71,822 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 66,721 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 61,620 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 56,519 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 51,418 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2013 | 46,451 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2014 | 41,563 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2015 | 36,027 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2016 | 31,190 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2017 | 25,824 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2018 | 26,656 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 25,840 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 26,607 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 26,402 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 26,932 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 27,043 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 138,136 kg/ha | 117,732 kg/ha | 158,540 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 89,676 kg/ha | 66,721 kg/ha | 112,631 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,311 kg/ha | 25,824 kg/ha | 61,620 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,746 kg/ha | 26,402 kg/ha | 27,043 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 36 Canada 28,430 kg/ha compare
- 37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 28,270 kg/ha compare
- 38 Switzerland 27,857 kg/ha compare
- 40 North Macedonia 26,108 kg/ha compare
- 41 Kazakhstan 25,571 kg/ha compare
- 42 Italy 25,387 kg/ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1448 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 459.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8714 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4056 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Nicaragua?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Nicaragua was 27,043 kg/ha in 2023, 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 Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 158,540 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,824 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Nicaragua rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 39th out of 126 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.