Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 471.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 471.3 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Southern Asia peaked at 643.6 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 198.7 kg/ha, in 1985.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 282.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 267 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 248.4 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1964 | 246.8 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 240.7 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 233.9 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 214.1 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1968 | 225.1 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1969 | 224.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 232.7 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 233.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 231.9 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 248.3 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 243.8 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 243.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 288.9 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1977 | 245.3 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1978 | 274.4 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1979 | 266.8 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 288 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 284.6 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 282.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 262.9 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 238 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1985 | 198.7 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1986 | 285.3 kg/ha | +43.6% |
| 1987 | 255.2 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1988 | 331.7 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1989 | 297.9 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1990 | 341.7 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1991 | 304.5 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1992 | 312.3 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 302.6 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 304.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 348.2 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1996 | 348.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 353.9 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 356.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 347.7 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 338 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 334.4 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 322 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 332.7 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 346.6 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 351.9 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 383.6 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 319.7 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2008 | 302 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 264.5 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 332.8 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2011 | 352.8 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 276.6 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2013 | 484.7 kg/ha | +75.2% |
| 2014 | 481.8 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 592.5 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2016 | 517.1 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2017 | 612.3 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2018 | 643.6 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 614.7 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 480.2 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2021 | 516.5 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 418.7 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2023 | 469.2 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2024 | 471.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Southern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +75.2% | 276.6 kg/ha | 484.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 242.63 kg/ha | 214.1 kg/ha | 282.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 250.89 kg/ha | 231.9 kg/ha | 288.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 272.49 kg/ha | 198.7 kg/ha | 331.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 332.07 kg/ha | 302.6 kg/ha | 356.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 329.54 kg/ha | 264.5 kg/ha | 383.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 490.89 kg/ha | 276.6 kg/ha | 643.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 471.18 kg/ha | 418.7 kg/ha | 516.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 15 Ecuador 1,982 kg/ha compare
- 16 China, mainland 1,880 kg/ha compare
- 17 China 1,878 kg/ha compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 605.2 kg/ha compare
- 18 China, Macao SAR 1,720 kg/ha compare
- 19 Namibia 1,392 kg/ha compare
- 20 Uganda 1,312 kg/ha compare
- 21 Kyrgyzstan 1,112 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Southern Asia?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Southern Asia was 471.3 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 643.6 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 198.7 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Southern Asia rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Southern Asia ranks 18th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.