Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in South America
South America: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 2,853 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in South America stood at 2,853 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.1% on the previous year and up 34.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in South America peaked at 3,374 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 1,134 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places South America 3rd out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,973 kg/ha | 1,259 kg/ha | 2,573 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,821 kg/ha | 2,465 kg/ha | 3,374 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,161 kg/ha | 1,560 kg/ha | 2,712 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,857 kg/ha | 1,134 kg/ha | 2,291 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,273 kg/ha | 2,174 kg/ha | 2,427 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,344 kg/ha | 2,050 kg/ha | 2,966 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,958 kg/ha | 2,853 kg/ha | 3,021 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
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- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 69.74 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,181 g/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in South America?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in South America was 2,853 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,374 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,134 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does South America rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- South America ranks 3rd out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.