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Where Green chilli and pepper Grows

China grew the most green chilli and pepper in 2024: 17.3 million tonnes, 38.7% of the world’s 44.7 million tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s green chilli and pepper.

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Green chilli and pepper grown in 2024

Point at or tap a country to see how much it grows.

Share of the world’s green chilli and pepper: 25% or more 10–25% 5–10% 2–5% 0.5–2% Under 0.5% None recorded

Top 10 green chilli and pepper producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

1China 38.7%

17.3 million tonnes
2India 11.9%

5.3 million tonnes
3Turkey 7.7%

3.4 million tonnes
4Mexico 7.2%

3.2 million tonnes
5Indonesia 6.8%

3.0 million tonnes
6Spain 3.4%

1.5 million tonnes
7Egypt 2.4%

1.1 million tonnes
8Nigeria 1.7%

777,185 tonnes
9Algeria 1.4%

643,418 tonnes
10United States 1.2%

550,371 tonnes

World total

44.7 million tonnes

Countries growing it

126

Largest producer

China

Top 3 together

58.2%

All 126 countries that grow green chilli and pepper

#	Country	Tonnes	Share
1	China	17,307,027	38.7%
2	India	5,317,989	11.9%
3	Turkey	3,428,038	7.7%
4	Mexico	3,220,428	7.2%
5	Indonesia	3,038,082	6.8%
6	Spain	1,518,610	3.4%
7	Egypt	1,083,726	2.4%
8	Nigeria	777,185	1.7%
9	Algeria	643,418	1.4%
10	United States	550,371	1.2%
11	Tunisia	484,213	1.1%
12	Netherlands	406,630	0.9%
13	Ethiopia	397,890	0.9%
14	Guinea	379,897	0.8%
15	Niger	304,184	0.7%
16	Poland	267,400	0.6%
17	Kazakhstan	267,240	0.6%
18	Morocco	259,976	0.6%
19	North Macedonia	247,476	0.6%
20	Italy	234,830	0.5%
21	South Korea	210,793	0.5%
22	Peru	201,451	0.5%
23	Serbia	190,883	0.4%
24	Oman	181,763	0.4%
25	Venezuela	154,689	0.3%
26	Argentina	152,895	0.3%
27	Japan	143,000	0.3%
28	Saudi Arabia	131,215	0.3%
29	Nepal	124,812	0.3%
30	Greece	124,440	0.3%
31	Ghana	123,784	0.3%
32	Jordan	122,252	0.3%
33	Ukraine	120,300	0.3%
34	Dominican Republic	119,915	0.3%
35	Benin	119,000	0.3%
36	Syria	116,233	0.3%
37	Albania	115,750	0.3%
38	Israel	113,052	0.3%
39	Colombia	101,938	0.2%
40	Hungary	96,650	0.2%
41	Iran	93,702	0.2%
42	Romania	93,340	0.2%
43	Guatemala	88,104	0.2%
44	Sri Lanka	87,811	0.2%
45	Chile	83,854	0.2%
46	Australia	83,667	0.2%
47	Uzbekistan	69,456	0.2%
48	Canada	62,291	0.1%
49	Bulgaria	57,170	0.1%
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina	57,162	0.1%
51	Cameroon	55,173	0.1%
52	Mali	54,606	0.1%
53	Malaysia	54,265	0.1%
54	North Korea	49,927	0.1%
55	Azerbaijan	49,879	0.1%
56	Portugal	46,380	0.1%
57	Iraq	38,102	0.1%
58	Sudan	36,865	0.1%
59	Sierra Leone	35,478	0.1%
60	Zimbabwe	35,157	0.1%
61	Belgium	32,680	0.1%
62	Honduras	31,417	0.1%
63	Cuba	29,529	0.1%
64	Philippines	27,968	0.1%
65	Côte d'Ivoire	27,795	0.1%
66	Libya	27,739	0.1%
67	Taiwan	23,831	0.1%
68	Jamaica	21,560	under 0.1%
69	France	20,740	under 0.1%
70	Thailand	19,326	under 0.1%
71	Laos	17,579	under 0.1%
72	Yemen	17,463	under 0.1%
73	United Kingdom	17,091	under 0.1%
74	Guyana	16,675	under 0.1%
75	Germany	16,480	under 0.1%
76	Kenya	16,472	under 0.1%
77	Tanzania	15,855	under 0.1%
78	Kuwait	15,358	under 0.1%
79	Austria	14,050	under 0.1%
80	Uruguay	13,632	under 0.1%
81	Czechia	13,060	under 0.1%
82	El Salvador	12,708	under 0.1%
83	Bolivia	11,843	under 0.1%
84	Moldova	10,458	under 0.1%
85	Croatia	10,430	under 0.1%
86	Lebanon	9,375	under 0.1%
87	Rwanda	9,100	under 0.1%
88	Georgia	8,800	under 0.1%
89	Burkina Faso	8,702	under 0.1%
90	Kyrgyzstan	8,432	under 0.1%
91	Ecuador	8,174	under 0.1%
92	Paraguay	7,454	under 0.1%
93	New Zealand	6,762	under 0.1%
94	United Arab Emirates	6,699	under 0.1%
95	Qatar	5,692	under 0.1%
96	Bhutan	5,596	under 0.1%
97	Fiji	5,260	under 0.1%
98	Panama	4,538	under 0.1%
99	Montenegro	3,532	under 0.1%
100	Mauritius	3,360	under 0.1%
101	Slovenia	3,030	under 0.1%
102	Bahrain	2,200	under 0.1%
103	Slovakia	2,000	under 0.1%
104	Puerto Rico	1,722	under 0.1%
105	Trinidad and Tobago	1,627	under 0.1%
106	Finland	1,600	under 0.1%
107	South Africa	1,183	under 0.1%
108	Cyprus	1,160	under 0.1%
109	Namibia	987	under 0.1%
110	Malawi	727	under 0.1%
111	Dominica	718	under 0.1%
112	Brunei	642	under 0.1%
113	Costa Rica	605	under 0.1%
114	Madagascar	580	under 0.1%
115	Switzerland	390	under 0.1%
116	Belize	369	under 0.1%
117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	226	under 0.1%
118	French Polynesia	176	under 0.1%
119	Barbados	158	under 0.1%
120	Antigua and Barbuda	78	under 0.1%
121	Saint Kitts and Nevis	59	under 0.1%
122	Maldives	51	under 0.1%
123	Gabon	48	under 0.1%
124	Sweden	30	under 0.1%
125	Djibouti	16	under 0.1%
126	São Tomé and Principe	14	under 0.1%

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Data: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 28 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL. Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAOSTAT item: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.). Some figures are FAO estimates. Xilfy is not affiliated with or endorsed by FAO.

Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain). Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

About the Where Food Grows

Where Food Grows shows which countries grow the food we eat. Pick one of 73 crops – rice, wheat, mango, banana, coffee, cocoa, tea, jute and more – and the countries that grow it light up on the world map one after another, largest producer first. Each country is coloured by its share of the world’s crop, with the top 10 beside the map and every producing country ranked below, from FAOSTAT’s latest figures.

How to use it

1 Pick a crop from the list or the buttons above the map.
2 Watch the top producers light up; press Replay to see it again.
3 Point at or tap any country for its tonnes, rank and share of the world.
4 Scroll down for every country that grows the crop, or copy the link to share it.

Frequently asked questions

Which country produces the most green chilli and pepper?

China grew the most green chilli and pepper in 2024: 17.3 million tonnes, 38.7% of the world’s 44.7 million tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 green chilli and pepper producing countries?

China (38.7%), India (11.9%), Turkey (7.7%), Mexico (7.2%) and Indonesia (6.8%), by tonnes grown in 2024.

Where does the data come from?

From FAOSTAT, the food and farming statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), dataset “Crops and livestock products”, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. It shows the latest year FAO has published, usually two years behind.

Why do some numbers look different from other sources?

Countries report in different ways and FAO fills gaps with its own estimates. Some crops are also grouped: FAO counts mangoes together with guavas and mangosteens, and lemons with limes. The FAOSTAT item name under the map says exactly what is counted.

Why are Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao shown apart from China?

FAOSTAT reports them separately, so the map follows its figures. Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

Why is a country grey?

FAOSTAT has no production of that crop recorded for it in the latest year. It may grow a little that is not reported.

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