Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Americas
Americas: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 2,735 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Americas is 2,735 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and up 41.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Americas peaked at 3,259 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 1,193 kg/ha, in 1992.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,586 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,274 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1963 | 1,718 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 1964 | 1,712 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 1,973 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1966 | 2,129 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1967 | 2,127 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 2,466 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1969 | 2,500 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 2,500 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,558 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 2,483 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 2,906 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1974 | 3,259 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1975 | 2,784 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1976 | 2,665 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 2,823 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 2,806 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 2,354 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1980 | 2,567 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1981 | 1,736 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 1982 | 2,190 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1983 | 1,551 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1984 | 2,055 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 1985 | 1,948 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1986 | 2,047 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 2,039 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 2,291 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1989 | 2,115 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1990 | 2,152 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 2,167 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 1,193 kg/ha | -45.0% |
| 1993 | 1,717 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 1994 | 1,584 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 1,801 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1996 | 1,656 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 1,556 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1998 | 1,510 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 1,825 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2000 | 2,018 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2001 | 2,066 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 2,131 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 2,265 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 2,154 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 2,144 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 2,115 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 2,115 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,070 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 2,072 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,003 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 1,898 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 1,966 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 1,973 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,940 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 2,062 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 1,931 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 2,510 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 2018 | 2,730 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2019 | 2,826 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 2,801 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 2,829 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 2,888 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 2,847 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 2,735 kg/ha | -3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,943 kg/ha | 1,274 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,714 kg/ha | 2,354 kg/ha | 3,259 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,054 kg/ha | 1,551 kg/ha | 2,567 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,716 kg/ha | 1,193 kg/ha | 2,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,115 kg/ha | 2,018 kg/ha | 2,265 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,184 kg/ha | 1,898 kg/ha | 2,826 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,820 kg/ha | 2,735 kg/ha | 2,888 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 2 Tajikistan 20,910 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 2,659 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iraq 10,792 kg/ha compare
- 3 Caribbean 3,966 kg/ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 769.1 kg/ha compare
- 4 Zimbabwe 10,000 kg/ha compare
- 5 Cambodia 6,722 kg/ha compare
- 6 Costa Rica 4,269 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 444.3 kg/ha compare
- 7 Malaysia 4,151 kg/ha compare
- 8 Grenada 4,000 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Americas?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Americas was 2,735 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 3,259 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,193 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Americas rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Americas ranks 5th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.