Production of green chilli and pepper rose 1.20% to 22.1 kt in Nicaragua in 2022, according to Faostat.
Historically, production of green chilli and pepper in Nicaragua reached an all time high of 22.1 kt in 2022 and an all time low of 0.117 kt in 1991. When compared to Nicaragua's main peers, production of green chilli and pepper in Costa Rica amounted to 0.584 kt, 14.7 kt in El Salvador, 34.4 kt in Honduras and 3,113 kt in Mexico in 2022.
Nicaragua has been ranked 66th within the group of 117 countries we follow in terms of production of green chilli and pepper, 18 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Production of Chilli and Pepper (Green) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Belize | kt | 2.09 | 1.96 | 1.69 | 0.254 | 0.276 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kt | 0.627 | 0.594 | 0.605 | 0.609 | 0.584 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | kt | 9.18 | 10.2 | 7.19 | 11.9 | 7.83 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kt | 53.3 | 57.6 | 58.7 | 71.4 | 74.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kt | 30.5 | 30.5 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 34.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 2,737 | 3,297 | 3,379 | 2,717 | 2,818 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kt | 17.0 | 19.2 | 20.2 | 20.4 | 21.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | kt | 2.39 | 2.41 | 2.43 | 9.16 | 8.53 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 856 | 804 | 706 | 658 | 566 |
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