Based on a comparison of 63 countries in 2016, India ranked the highest in production of dry chilli and pepper with 1,389,000 tonnes followed by Thailand and Ethiopia. On the other end of the scale was Papua New Guinea with 1.00 tonnes, Maldives with 8.00 tonnes and Central African Republic with 113 tonnes.
Data for more countries are available at Production of Chilli and Pepper (Dry) indicator page.
| Production of Chilli and Pepper (Dry) | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Bangladesh | tonnes | 109,350 | 176,134 | 126,000 | 102,000 | 110,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | tonnes | 38,432 | 38,542 | 46,865 | 54,435 | 75,953 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | tonnes | 265,000 | 277,137 | 290,000 | 300,000 | 307,080 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | tonnes | 51,845 | 53,981 | 65,000 | 57,690 | 53,570 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | tonnes | 135,895 | 147,053 | 158,495 | 179,501 | 170,766 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | tonnes | 90,000 | 88,000 | 100,000 | 102,716 | 107,940 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | tonnes | 1,223,400 | 1,276,301 | 1,304,000 | 1,492,000 | 1,492,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | tonnes | 95,000 | 115,943 | 118,286 | 115,000 | 128,685 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | tonnes | 59,478 | 59,710 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,524 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | tonnes | 127,500 | 116,000 | 117,500 | 115,500 | 121,400 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | tonnes | 57,000 | 59,000 | 62,000 | 60,000 | 60,345 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | tonnes | 171,700 | 47,300 | 147,162 | 145,856 | 139,687 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | tonnes | 40,463 | 42,935 | 48,500 | 47,920 | 44,381 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | tonnes | 158,883 | 187,587 | 214,845 | 243,452 | 321,395 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | tonnes | 88,532 | 89,817 | 91,000 | 93,000 | 93,758 |
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