Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 2,842 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 2,842 kg/ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 12.3% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Thailand peaked at 4,435 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1,474 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Thailand 14th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,529 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 1,500 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 1,474 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 1,500 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,538 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 1,571 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 1,533 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 1,562 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 1,529 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 1,556 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 1,579 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 1,600 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 1,619 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 1,591 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 1,609 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 1,583 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 1,600 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 1,967 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1982 | 1,600 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1983 | 1,933 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1984 | 1,714 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1985 | 1,714 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,714 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,714 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,714 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,522 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1990 | 2,036 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 1991 | 4,167 kg/ha | +104.6% |
| 1992 | 4,044 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 4,297 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 3,750 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1995 | 3,571 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 3,365 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 2,841 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1998 | 2,404 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1999 | 3,125 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 2000 | 3,407 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 4,158 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2002 | 4,179 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 4,023 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 4,109 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 4,435 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 4,016 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 3,738 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 2,841 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 2009 | 3,142 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2010 | 3,210 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 3,632 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2012 | 3,055 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2013 | 3,234 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 2,850 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2015 | 3,193 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 3,636 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 4,269 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2018 | 3,162 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 2019 | 3,620 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2020 | 3,173 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 3,319 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 2,823 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2023 | 3,240 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2024 | 2,842 kg/ha | -12.3% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 2,842 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,412 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 2,842 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,878 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +104.6% | 2,036 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,513 kg/ha | 1,474 kg/ha | 1,571 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,576 kg/ha | 1,529 kg/ha | 1,619 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,719 kg/ha | 1,522 kg/ha | 1,967 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,360 kg/ha | 2,036 kg/ha | 4,297 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,805 kg/ha | 2,841 kg/ha | 4,435 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,386 kg/ha | 2,850 kg/ha | 4,269 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,079 kg/ha | 2,823 kg/ha | 3,319 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Thailand?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Thailand was 2,842 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 4,435 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,474 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Thailand rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Thailand ranks 14th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.