Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 1,508 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Eastern Africa, 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 Eastern Africa is 1,508 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 1,870 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 216.1 kg/ha, in 1962.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 237.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 216.1 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1963 | 256.2 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1964 | 274.5 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 222.5 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1966 | 234.4 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 250.6 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 266.9 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 253.4 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1970 | 331.3 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1971 | 330.1 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 337 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 488.2 kg/ha | +44.9% |
| 1974 | 486.6 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 490.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 626.7 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1977 | 706.9 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1978 | 479 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 1979 | 482.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 497.6 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 507.3 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 461.8 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1983 | 460.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 455.1 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 475.1 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 507.4 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 535.1 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 542.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 609.6 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1990 | 385.8 kg/ha | -36.7% |
| 1991 | 536.9 kg/ha | +39.2% |
| 1992 | 687.5 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1993 | 714.3 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 796.6 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1995 | 863.1 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 880.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 887.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 892.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 906.4 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 973.2 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 1,009 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 1,031 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 1,076 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 1,319 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2005 | 974.2 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2006 | 1,004 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 1,058 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 1,082 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 1,027 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 1,112 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 1,105 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,192 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 1,242 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 1,305 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 1,218 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 1,324 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 1,390 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 1,497 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 1,748 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2020 | 1,870 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 1,640 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2022 | 1,495 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 1,570 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 1,508 kg/ha | -3.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +44.9% | 337 kg/ha | 488.2 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -36.7% | 609.6 kg/ha | 385.8 kg/ha |
| 1978 | -32.2% | 706.9 kg/ha | 479 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 245.74 kg/ha | 216.1 kg/ha | 274.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 475.89 kg/ha | 330.1 kg/ha | 706.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 505.17 kg/ha | 455.1 kg/ha | 609.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 755.1 kg/ha | 385.8 kg/ha | 906.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,055 kg/ha | 973.2 kg/ha | 1,319 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,313 kg/ha | 1,105 kg/ha | 1,748 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,617 kg/ha | 1,495 kg/ha | 1,870 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Eastern Africa was 1,508 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,870 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 216.1 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 8th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.