Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Peru
Peru: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 16,748 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Peru, 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 Peru stood at 16,748 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Peru peaked at 17,542 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,055 kg/ha, in 1992.
Peru ranks 59th 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,479 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,450 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 5,400 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 5,466 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 4,428 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1966 | 4,670 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 4,574 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 4,362 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1969 | 4,707 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1970 | 4,830 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 5,044 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 4,818 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 5,180 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 5,064 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 5,024 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 5,053 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 5,002 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 5,182 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 5,073 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 5,383 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1981 | 5,568 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 5,780 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 5,682 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 5,303 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 5,290 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 4,871 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1987 | 5,025 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 4,878 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 4,996 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 4,613 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 4,342 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 4,055 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1993 | 5,189 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1994 | 4,109 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1995 | 4,918 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1996 | 6,820 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1997 | 6,025 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1998 | 6,495 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 7,420 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 7,622 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 7,692 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 9,112 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2003 | 10,550 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2004 | 9,967 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 13,897 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 2006 | 13,727 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 12,885 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 12,808 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 12,401 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 6,346 kg/ha | -48.8% |
| 2011 | 15,336 kg/ha | +141.7% |
| 2012 | 15,056 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 14,248 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 14,911 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 14,921 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 14,821 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 15,998 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 15,725 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 17,520 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 17,542 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 17,470 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 17,226 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 16,720 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 16,748 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,949 kg/ha | 4,362 kg/ha | 5,479 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,027 kg/ha | 4,818 kg/ha | 5,182 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,278 kg/ha | 4,871 kg/ha | 5,780 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,399 kg/ha | 4,055 kg/ha | 7,420 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,066 kg/ha | 7,622 kg/ha | 13,897 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,488 kg/ha | 6,346 kg/ha | 17,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,141 kg/ha | 16,720 kg/ha | 17,542 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Peru?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Peru was 16,748 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 17,542 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,055 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Peru rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Peru ranks 59th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Peru 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.