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Which Country Produces the Most Dry Chilli and Peppers?

Production of Chilli and Pepper (Dry) (tonnes), 2022
Agriculture | December 3, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 55 countries in 2022, India ranked the highest in production of dry chilli and pepper with 1,874,000 tonnes followed by Bangladesh and Ethiopia. On the other end of the scale was Papua New Guinea with 2.16 tonnes, Maldives with 10.2 tonnes and Central African Republic with 118 tonnes.

Total production of dry chilli and pepper reached 4,909,321 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.03 % less than in the previous year and 31.5 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total production of dry chilli and pepper reached an all time high of 4,910,801 tonnes in 2021 and an all time low of 991,649 tonnes in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 2.66 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, India, accounted for 38.2 % of production of dry chilli and pepper in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 57.6 % share while the ten largest countries some 84.2 % in 2022.

Data for more countries are available at Production of Chilli and Pepper (Dry) indicator page.

Production of Chilli and Pepper (Dry) Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Bangladesh tonnes 130,260 136,872 141,177 149,473 157,607
Benin tonnes 88,268 69,439 102,136 86,830 108,934
China tonnes 309,075 316,118 323,421 316,205 318,581
Egypt tonnes 60,148 61,021 61,784 62,640 61,815
Ethiopia tonnes 329,804 264,723 307,457 313,115 295,981
Ghana tonnes 106,896 107,858 108,958 107,904 108,240
India tonnes 1,520,390 2,096,000 2,149,000 1,743,000 1,835,000
Ivory Coast tonnes 123,408 131,381 134,175 129,655 131,737
Mexico tonnes 60,384 60,372 60,611 60,896 60,701
Myanmar tonnes 129,361 130,592 128,072 137,110 130,293
Nepal tonnes 41,046 49,718 52,500 67,167 68,025
Nigeria tonnes 61,757 62,610 62,886 64,733 65,437
Pakistan tonnes 142,163 142,730 148,114 101,659 141,541
Thailand tonnes 304,357 324,658 339,404 322,806 328,956
Vietnam tonnes 95,775 96,424 97,045 99,459 100,599