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.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,591 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,259 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1963 | 1,722 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1964 | 1,721 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 2,016 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1966 | 2,181 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 2,165 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 2,532 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1969 | 2,573 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 2,607 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 2,629 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 2,543 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 2,988 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1974 | 3,374 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1975 | 2,898 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1976 | 2,719 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 3,011 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1978 | 2,978 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 2,465 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1980 | 2,712 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 1,758 kg/ha | -35.2% |
| 1982 | 2,272 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1983 | 1,560 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 1984 | 2,161 kg/ha | +38.5% |
| 1985 | 1,974 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1986 | 2,206 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1987 | 2,204 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 2,494 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1989 | 2,267 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1990 | 2,291 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 2,273 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 1,134 kg/ha | -50.1% |
| 1993 | 1,791 kg/ha | +57.9% |
| 1994 | 1,659 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 1,803 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 1,934 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 1,786 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 1,913 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 1,980 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 2,252 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2001 | 2,263 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 2,337 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 2,427 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 2,288 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 2,320 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 2,268 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 2,214 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 2,174 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 2,187 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 2,127 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 2,061 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 2,165 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 2,199 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 2,130 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 2,262 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 2,050 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 2,642 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2018 | 2,840 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 2,966 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 2,950 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,991 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 3,021 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 2,976 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 2,853 kg/ha | -4.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in South America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +57.9% | 1,134 kg/ha | 1,791 kg/ha |
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
- 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
- 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
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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 4th out of 19 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.