Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 4,009 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 4,009 kg/ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 27.2% on the previous year and down 66.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 31,856 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 4,009 kg/ha, in 2024.
Puerto Rico ranks 115th of 126 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,067 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,379 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 5,036 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1964 | 4,624 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1965 | 4,691 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 4,570 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 5,586 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1968 | 5,920 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 5,890 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 5,773 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 5,770 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 5,770 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,427 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1974 | 4,620 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1975 | 7,836 kg/ha | +69.6% |
| 1976 | 7,052 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 5,670 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1978 | 5,218 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 5,558 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1980 | 5,465 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 6,077 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1982 | 4,885 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1983 | 6,280 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1984 | 9,071 kg/ha | +44.4% |
| 1985 | 7,938 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1986 | 7,598 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 7,748 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 6,748 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1989 | 6,695 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 7,328 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 6,119 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1992 | 9,132 kg/ha | +49.2% |
| 1993 | 8,381 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1994 | 7,938 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 7,352 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1996 | 7,528 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 7,606 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 8,143 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 8,039 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 7,967 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 7,964 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 18,480 kg/ha | +132.1% |
| 2003 | 31,793 kg/ha | +72.0% |
| 2004 | 31,743 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 31,856 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 27,398 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2007 | 24,276 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2008 | 19,248 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2009 | 15,708 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 2010 | 10,754 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 2011 | 9,255 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2012 | 6,811 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 2013 | 10,181 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 2014 | 11,915 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2015 | 14,005 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2016 | 12,069 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2017 | 7,969 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 2018 | 6,720 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2019 | 6,341 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 6,278 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 6,086 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 5,867 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 5,505 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 4,009 kg/ha | -27.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,196 kg/ha | 4,570 kg/ha | 5,920 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,969 kg/ha | 4,620 kg/ha | 7,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,851 kg/ha | 4,885 kg/ha | 9,071 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,757 kg/ha | 6,119 kg/ha | 9,132 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,643 kg/ha | 7,964 kg/ha | 31,856 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,602 kg/ha | 6,341 kg/ha | 14,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,549 kg/ha | 4,009 kg/ha | 6,278 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Puerto Rico was 4,009 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 31,856 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,009 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 115th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.