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Which Country Produces the Most Green Chilli and Peppers?

Production of Chilli and Pepper (Green) (kt), 2022
Agriculture | December 17, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 117 countries in 2022, China ranked the highest in production of green chilli and pepper with 16,811 kt followed by Mexico and Indonesia. On the other end of the scale was Maldives with 0.004 kt, Djibouti with 0.017 kt and Gabon with 0.048 kt.

Total production of green chilli and pepper reached 36,972 kt in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.72 % more than in the previous year and 16.1 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total production of green chilli and pepper reached an all time high of 36,972 kt in 2022 and an all time low of 5,071 kt in 1964. The average annual growth amounted to 3.05 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 45.5 % of production of green chilli and pepper in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 62.1 % share while the ten largest countries some 82.3 % in 2022.

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

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
Algeria kt 599 615 651 675 718
China kt 16,416 16,754 17,024 16,731 16,836
Egypt kt 614 676 733 956 867
Indonesia kt 1,962 2,359 2,542 2,589 2,773
Kazakhstan kt 200 203 226 214 228
Mexico kt 2,737 3,297 3,379 2,717 2,818
Morocco kt 174 191 257 248 144
Netherlands kt 365 370 355 415 430
Niger kt 224 187 211 261 240
Nigeria kt 756 759 763 768 767
Poland kt ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 167 165 161
Spain kt 1,176 1,278 1,275 1,402 1,473
Tunisia kt 454 463 459 435 420
Turkey kt 2,458 2,608 2,555 2,626 2,637
USA kt 856 804 706 658 566