Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in South America
South America: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 15,833 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in South America is 15,833 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in South America peaked at 16,621 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5,342 kg/ha, in 1975.
That places South America 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,064 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,834 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 5,545 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1964 | 6,688 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1965 | 6,386 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1966 | 5,972 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1967 | 6,315 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 6,157 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 6,458 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 5,524 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1971 | 6,289 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1972 | 5,979 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 7,450 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1974 | 6,422 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1975 | 5,342 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1976 | 5,899 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1977 | 6,895 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1978 | 7,533 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1979 | 6,809 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1980 | 7,107 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 7,396 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 7,516 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 6,953 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 7,279 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 6,831 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 7,146 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 7,527 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 7,559 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 7,805 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 8,038 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 8,306 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 8,491 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 8,488 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 8,572 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 9,386 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 9,782 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 11,538 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1998 | 12,206 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 12,592 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 12,287 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 12,983 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 14,508 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 14,483 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 14,902 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 15,853 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 15,644 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 15,230 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 15,055 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 16,591 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 12,051 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 2011 | 14,677 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2012 | 13,802 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 12,973 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 14,030 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 14,847 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 15,032 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 16,046 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 16,621 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 15,962 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 15,868 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 15,628 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 15,849 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 15,457 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 15,833 kg/ha | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,158 kg/ha | 5,545 kg/ha | 6,688 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,414 kg/ha | 5,342 kg/ha | 7,533 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,312 kg/ha | 6,831 kg/ha | 7,805 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,740 kg/ha | 8,038 kg/ha | 12,592 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,754 kg/ha | 12,287 kg/ha | 16,591 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,604 kg/ha | 12,051 kg/ha | 16,621 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,727 kg/ha | 15,457 kg/ha | 15,868 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2,008 kg/ha compare
- 14 Israel 68,740 kg/ha compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,613 kg/ha compare
- 15 Spain 64,622 kg/ha compare
- 16 Uruguay 64,105 kg/ha compare
- 17 El Salvador 62,562 kg/ha compare
- 18 Qatar 50,712 kg/ha compare
- 19 Japan 46,885 kg/ha compare
- 20 Czechia 46,643 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in South America?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in South America was 15,833 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 16,621 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,342 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does South America rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- South America ranks 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.