Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Production in Central America
Central America: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Production was 12,344 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Production in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Central America recorded 12,344 t for pepper (piper spp.), raw — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.0% on the previous year and up 84.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — production in Central America peaked at 13,548 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 300 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Production in Central America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 t | — |
| 1962 | 350 t | +16.7% |
| 1963 | 500 t | +42.9% |
| 1964 | 600 t | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 750 t | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 670 t | -10.7% |
| 1968 | 770 t | +14.9% |
| 1969 | 900 t | +16.9% |
| 1970 | 950 t | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 900 t | -5.3% |
| 1972 | 900 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 1,200 t | +20.0% |
| 1975 | 1,350 t | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 1,662 t | +23.1% |
| 1977 | 1,955 t | +17.6% |
| 1978 | 2,480 t | +26.9% |
| 1979 | 2,114 t | -14.8% |
| 1980 | 1,719 t | -18.7% |
| 1981 | 3,510 t | +104.2% |
| 1982 | 2,677 t | -23.7% |
| 1983 | 3,443 t | +28.6% |
| 1984 | 3,475 t | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 3,593 t | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 2,561 t | -28.7% |
| 1987 | 2,170 t | -15.3% |
| 1988 | 2,724 t | +25.5% |
| 1989 | 2,353 t | -13.6% |
| 1990 | 2,386 t | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 3,624 t | +51.9% |
| 1992 | 5,095 t | +40.6% |
| 1993 | 3,279 t | -35.6% |
| 1994 | 3,658 t | +11.6% |
| 1995 | 6,189 t | +69.2% |
| 1996 | 6,803 t | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 4,454 t | -34.5% |
| 1998 | 5,779 t | +29.7% |
| 1999 | 11,001 t | +90.4% |
| 2000 | 6,033 t | -45.2% |
| 2001 | 6,025 t | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 6,244 t | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 7,756 t | +24.2% |
| 2004 | 8,032 t | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 5,832 t | -27.4% |
| 2006 | 7,010 t | +20.2% |
| 2007 | 8,940 t | +27.5% |
| 2008 | 8,671 t | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 8,312 t | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 5,533 t | -33.4% |
| 2011 | 5,738 t | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 5,175 t | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 5,416 t | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 6,687 t | +23.5% |
| 2015 | 7,089 t | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 7,659 t | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 11,010 t | +43.8% |
| 2018 | 12,276 t | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 12,357 t | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 13,548 t | +9.6% |
| 2021 | 13,125 t | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 13,452 t | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 12,998 t | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 12,344 t | -5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 604.44 t | 300 t | 900 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,451 t | 900 t | 2,480 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,822 t | 1,719 t | 3,593 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,227 t | 2,386 t | 11,001 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,285 t | 5,832 t | 8,940 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,894 t | 5,175 t | 12,357 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,094 t | 12,344 t | 13,548 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.8347 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — production in Central America?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — production in Central America was 12,344 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — production recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 13,548 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — production recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 t in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — production?
- Central America ranks 15th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — production rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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.