Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield was 5,795 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Yield in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka is 5,795 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 6,414 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 759.8 kg/ha, in 1975.
Sri Lanka ranks 106th 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,128 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1965 | 1,029 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 1,010 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 1,210 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1968 | 966.1 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1969 | 897.4 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 1,590 kg/ha | +77.2% |
| 1971 | 1,283 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1972 | 924.5 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1973 | 895.8 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 836.6 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1975 | 759.8 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1976 | 797.6 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 831.1 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 768.7 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 1,290 kg/ha | +67.9% |
| 1980 | 1,330 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 914.9 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1982 | 981.2 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1983 | 1,168 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1984 | 2,503 kg/ha | +114.3% |
| 1985 | 3,198 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1986 | 2,996 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1987 | 2,925 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 3,048 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 2,788 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1990 | 3,262 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1991 | 3,434 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 2,468 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1993 | 2,737 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1994 | 2,547 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 2,819 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1996 | 2,821 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 2,992 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 2,888 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 2,760 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 2,816 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 2,826 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 2,845 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 3,132 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 3,199 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 3,279 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 3,718 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2007 | 3,456 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 3,447 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 3,423 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 3,695 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 3,336 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 4,365 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2013 | 4,929 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2014 | 4,586 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 4,688 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 4,736 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 4,739 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5,829 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2019 | 5,518 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 6,414 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2021 | 6,143 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 5,898 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 5,973 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 5,795 kg/ha | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,027 kg/ha | 897.4 kg/ha | 1,210 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 997.77 kg/ha | 759.8 kg/ha | 1,590 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,185 kg/ha | 914.9 kg/ha | 3,198 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,873 kg/ha | 2,468 kg/ha | 3,434 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,214 kg/ha | 2,816 kg/ha | 3,718 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,642 kg/ha | 3,336 kg/ha | 5,829 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,045 kg/ha | 5,795 kg/ha | 6,414 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 103 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6,647 kg/ha compare
- 104 Cuba 6,286 kg/ha compare
- 105 Mali 5,943 kg/ha compare
- 107 Yemen 5,531 kg/ha compare
- 108 Burkina Faso 5,313 kg/ha compare
- 109 Brunei Darussalam 5,262 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield in Sri Lanka was 5,795 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 6,414 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 759.8 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 106th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.