Pepper — Production by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
What the numbers show
Pepper — Production is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 257 1000 t in Viet Nam; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 4 1000 t, and the mean is 36.2 1000 t.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 1,050.0%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 100.0%).
Pepper — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viet Nam | 257 1000 t | 2023 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 1 | Vietnam | 257 1000 t | 2023 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 127 1000 t | 2023 | up 202.4% | rising |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 74 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 70 1000 t | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 6 | India | 66 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 45 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 8 | China, mainland | 34 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 8 | China | 34 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 10 | Malaysia | 32 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 23 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 23 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,050.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Mexico | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 233.3% | rising |
| 14 | Madagascar | 5 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Niger | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Ghana | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Ecuador | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Rwanda | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 18 | Cambodia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 21 | Uganda | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Guatemala | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Kenya | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Honduras | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Thailand | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Malawi | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 851 1000 t
- Asia 585 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 363 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 148 1000 t
- Americas 144 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 141 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 134 1000 t
- South America 131 1000 t
- Africa 122 1000 t
- Southern Asia 111 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 96 1000 t
- Western Africa 82 1000 t
- Western Asia 53 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 39 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 34 1000 t
- Central Asia 24 1000 t
- Central America 13 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1 1000 t
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.