Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 732.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Western Africa stood at 732.3 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Western Africa peaked at 767.2 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 312.5 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 375 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 375 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 400 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 450 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 450 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 450 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 366.7 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1968 | 437.5 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1969 | 425 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 500 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1971 | 400 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1972 | 450 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1973 | 425 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 362.5 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1975 | 400 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1976 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 416.7 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 750 kg/ha | +80.0% |
| 1982 | 466.7 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 1983 | 440 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 450 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 312.5 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 1986 | 312.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 312.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 331.3 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 312.5 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1990 | 331.3 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 721.7 kg/ha | +117.8% |
| 1992 | 695 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 661.7 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 632.6 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 607 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 590.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 581.9 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 571 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 567.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 563.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 559.2 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 566.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 572.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 532.3 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 543.4 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 525.4 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 528 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 550.4 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 544.3 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 550.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 522.9 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 535.6 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 713.6 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 2014 | 750.3 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 754.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 767.2 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 747.8 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 763.9 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 742.3 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 729.5 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 731.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 735.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 733 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 732.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Western 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +117.8% | 331.3 kg/ha | 721.7 kg/ha |
| 1981 | +80.0% | 416.7 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha |
| 1982 | -37.8% | 750 kg/ha | 466.7 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +33.2% | 535.6 kg/ha | 713.6 kg/ha |
| 1985 | -30.6% | 450 kg/ha | 312.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 414.36 kg/ha | 366.7 kg/ha | 450 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 418.76 kg/ha | 362.5 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 410.47 kg/ha | 312.5 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 595.99 kg/ha | 331.3 kg/ha | 721.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 548.54 kg/ha | 525.4 kg/ha | 572.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 684.85 kg/ha | 522.9 kg/ha | 767.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 732.34 kg/ha | 729.5 kg/ha | 735.4 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Western Africa?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Western Africa was 732.3 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 767.2 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 312.5 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Western Africa rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 16th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.