Production of green chilli and pepper fell 2.86% to 14.7 kt in El Salvador in 2022, according to Faostat.
Historically, production of green chilli and pepper in El Salvador reached an all time high of 19.3 kt in 2008 and an all time low of 1.00 kt in 1961. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, production of green chilli and pepper in Costa Rica amounted to 0.584 kt, 79.5 kt in Guatemala, 34.4 kt in Honduras and 22.1 kt in Nicaragua in 2022.
El Salvador has been ranked 74th within the group of 117 countries we follow in terms of production of green chilli and pepper, 23 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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