Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Caribbean
Caribbean: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 3,966 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Caribbean, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Caribbean stood at 3,966 kg/ha.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 417.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Caribbean peaked at 4,011 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 600 kg/ha, in 1986.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 625 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 600 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 607.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 650 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 714.3 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 625 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 760 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1993 | 625 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1994 | 727.3 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1995 | 657.5 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1996 | 784 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1997 | 769.2 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 757.6 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 757.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 757.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 760.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 750 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 760.9 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 754.1 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 748.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 753.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 751.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 751.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 760 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 761.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 759.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 753.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 752.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 766.5 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 2,308 kg/ha | +200.1% |
| 2017 | 2,773 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2018 | 3,818 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 2019 | 3,824 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 3,813 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 3,840 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 4,000 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 4,011 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,966 kg/ha | -1.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Caribbean changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +200.1% | 769.2 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +37.7% | 2,773 kg/ha | 3,818 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 616.42 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 650 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 717.75 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 784 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 754.83 kg/ha | 748.7 kg/ha | 760.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,729 kg/ha | 752.8 kg/ha | 3,824 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,926 kg/ha | 3,813 kg/ha | 4,011 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 1 French Polynesia 72,883 kg/ha compare
- 1 Polynesia 4,479 kg/ha compare
- 2 Tajikistan 20,910 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 2,659 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iraq 10,792 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Caribbean?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Caribbean was 3,966 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 4,011 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Caribbean rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 3rd out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 417.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean 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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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.