Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 9,155 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Southern Africa, 1991–2024
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 Southern Africa is 9,155 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 9,583 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 8,000 kg/ha, in 1992.
Southern Africa ranks 20th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 8,168 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 8,000 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 8,766 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 8,601 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 8,758 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 8,489 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 8,477 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 8,182 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 8,511 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 8,027 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 8,779 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 8,434 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 8,508 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 8,734 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 8,515 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 8,604 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 8,754 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 8,564 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 9,209 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 9,329 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 9,262 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 9,583 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 9,317 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 9,342 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 9,472 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 9,482 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 9,111 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 9,214 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 9,288 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 9,118 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 9,195 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 9,183 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 9,142 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 9,155 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,439 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 8,766 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 8,613 kg/ha | 8,027 kg/ha | 9,209 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,340 kg/ha | 9,111 kg/ha | 9,583 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,159 kg/ha | 9,118 kg/ha | 9,195 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Southern Africa?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Southern Africa was 9,155 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,583 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Southern Africa rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 20th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.