Chillies and Peppers, Dry (Capsicum Spp., Pimenta Spp.), Raw Consumption by Country
India sets the heat: 1,885,949 tonnes of dried chillies, 38.3 percent of the listed consumption total. Bangladesh followed at 627,047 tonnes and Thailand at 399,501, while Bosnia and Herzegovina led per person at 20.4 grams. The 2023 figures total 4,925,762 tonnes across 171 countries, 170 with values, covering food available for human consumption from FAO Supply Utilization Accounts for 2019-2023.
India controls 38.3 percent of 2023 Chillies and Peppers, Dry (Capsicum Spp., Pimenta Spp.), Raw consumption, the clear national lead. Second place belongs to Bangladesh at 627,047 tonnes. Per person, Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks first. Bangladeshi added 65,252 tonnes in the latest year.
Key Takeaway
India was the largest national source of listed dried chilli and pepper food supply in 2023 at 1,885,949 tonnes, representing 38.3 percent of the listed total. Bosnia and Herzegovina had the highest food supply per person at 20.4 grams per person per day, followed by Jamaica at 17.73 grams and Thailand at 15.26 grams.
Ethiopia placed fourth at 250,228 tonnes, with the United States fifth at 168,708 and China sixth at 142,543. Myanmar, Ivory Coast, Vietnam and Ghana closed the top ten between 100,032 and 133,872 tonnes. The top three held 59.1 percent of the annual listed consumption total, and the top five 67.6 percent. India had the highest listed food supply at 1,885,949 tonnes, while Bosnia and Herzegovina had the highest per-capita food supply at 20.4 grams per person. India added 646,197 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, up 52.1 percent to 1,885,949 tonnes. Bangladesh added 65,252 tonnes, up 11.6 percent. Ethiopia added 52,886 tonnes, up 26.8 percent. South Korea added 20,741 tonnes from 2,933. The United States added 11,460 tonnes, up 7.3 percent. Kazakhstan added 9,265 tonnes, up 86.3 percent. China lost 46,466 tonnes, down 24.6 percent. Pakistan shed 35,000 tonnes, down 27.3 percent. The 170 countries present in both years leapt from 4,207,354 tonnes to 4,925,762 tonnes, up 718,408 tonnes, or 17.1 percent, with no entries or exits. Between 2019 and 2023, the 169 countries present in both years surged from 3,559,106 tonnes to 4,925,762 tonnes, up 1,366,656 tonnes, or 38.4 percent. India added 736,920 tonnes, up 64.1 percent, accounting for 53.9 percent of the net gain. Bangladesh added 466,768 tonnes, up 291.2 percent from 160,279. Ivory Coast added 85,000 tonnes from 40,000. The United States added 37,197 tonnes, up 28.3 percent. Thailand added 34,811 tonnes, up 9.5 percent. Nepal added 28,081 tonnes, up 52.3 percent. China lost 101,808 tonnes, down 41.7 percent. Ethiopia shed 35,202 tonnes, down 12.3 percent. One country left with 154 tonnes, and one arrived with nothing. Bosnia and Herzegovina's 20.4 grams a day edged Jamaica's 17.73, with Thailand third at 15.26 and Ivory Coast fourth at 10.99. Bangladesh sat fifth at 10.02 grams, with Ghana at 8.11 and Nepal at 7.55. Cape Verde, Myanmar and North Macedonia followed below 7.6 grams. India, first by volume, missed the per-person top ten. Dried chillies and peppers of Capsicum and Pimenta for human consumption are recorded in tonnes and daily grams per person for each reporting country over 2019-2023. Annual totals sum reporting countries only. Two giants add over a million tonnes between them while China retreats. South Korea's 707.2 percent increase came from a relatively small 2022 base of 2,933 tonnes, so the percentage is amplified by the low starting point. Kazakhstan's 86.3 percent rate starts near 10,000 tonnes. No reported zero followed a large value, so no source-check warning applies. FAO Supply Utilization Accounts catalogue tonnage for human consumption as element 5141 and daily grams per person as element 665, shown for dried chillies across 2019-2023. In FAO terminology, these figures represent food available for human consumption in the supply accounts; they are not measurements of the amount actually eaten by people. Percentages consult the earlier year, and zero bases consult none. The universe spans 171 countries after aggregates are removed, 170 with 2023 values. Only countries with values at both endpoints enter comparisons. The 2023 listed total is the sum of every country with a 2023 value. A reported zero is kept, a blank is missing, and under-1,000 values keep two decimals.
Chillies and Peppers, Dry (Capsicum Spp., Pimenta Spp.), Raw Consumption
India Fires Up Chillies and Peppers, Dry (Capsicum Spp., Pimenta Spp.), Raw
How Dried Chilli Supply Changed from 2019 to 2023
Bosnia and Herzegovina Spices Chillies and Peppers, Dry (Capsicum Spp., Pimenta Spp.), Raw per Person
Understanding the Dried Chilli and Pepper Figures
Chillies and Peppers, Dry (Capsicum Spp., Pimenta Spp.), Raw Consumption by Country
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1.03M
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211.98K
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353.73K
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561.8K
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627.05K
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364.69K
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384.62K
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397.41K
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285.43K
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269.98K
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260.34K
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197.34K
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250.23K
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131.51K
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143.45K
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157.25K
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227.23K
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114.89K
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35.63K
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36.05K
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49.84K
6.09
47.72K
5.79
47.03K
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34.95K
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34.79K
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12.43K
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30.71K
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0.93
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25.74K
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17.91K
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11.81K
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8.36K
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7.69K
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10.74K
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10.05K
2.69
9.09K
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3.88K
5.6
3.83K
5.61
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2.81K
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4.99K
0.78
7.68K
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3.05K
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3.76K
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1.32K
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2.33K
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759.79
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2.94K
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55
2.44K
0.75
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0.84
2.5K
0.76
2.97K
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2.51K
0.75
56
2.15K
0.1
2.08K
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2.4K
0.11
2.46K
0.11
2.27K
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57
1.96K
0.51
1.99K
0.52
2.27K
0.59
2.61K
0.67
2.24K
0.57
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9.06K
3.57
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0.36
10.21K
3.92
10.3K
3.91
2.15K
0.8
59
1.8K
0.25
1.71K
0.24
2.01K
0.29
1.83K
0.26
2.06K
0.3
60
1.85K
0.49
1.84K
0.49
1.98K
0.52
1.78K
0.46
1.98K
0.51
61
1.33K
0.08
2.08K
0.13
1.98K
0.12
2.02K
0.13
1.91K
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62
1.81K
0.58
1.79K
0.57
1.95K
0.61
1.74K
0.54
1.9K
0.59
63
1.63K
1.59
1.75K
1.71
1.93K
1.87
2.1K
1.99
1.89K
1.73
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2.23K
1.33
1.7K
1.03
2.48K
1.51
2.43K
1.41
1.85K
1.01
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2.07K
0.64
1.99K
0.61
4.62K
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1.85K
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2.08K
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1.52K
0.6
1.86K
0.74
1.76K
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231.23
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1.19K
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1.27K
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1.88K
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1.73K
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828.99
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1.13K
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815.25
0.3
1.12K
0.41
1.65K
0.61
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1.44K
0.14
1.5K
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1.61K
0.15
1.51K
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1.64K
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70
1.85K
0.52
1.54K
0.43
1.43K
0.4
1.66K
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1.51K
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1.39K
7.42
1.46K
7.75
1.41K
7.48
1.43K
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1.43K
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72
1.81K
0.04
1.52K
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1.7K
0.04
1.79K
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1.41K
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73
807.8
0.41
867.05
0.44
1.56K
0.79
815.02
0.41
1.38K
0.69
74
1.29K
0.8
1.52K
0.95
1.69K
1.06
722.82
0.43
1.3K
0.74
75
563.26
0.08
804.17
0.11
977.71
0.14
1.22K
0.17
1.23K
0.17
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1K
0.14
794.93
0.11
507.44
0.07
826.99
0.11
1.19K
0.15
77
962.84
0.15
1.57K
0.25
1.56K
0.24
1.2K
0.18
1.17K
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78
222.9
0.29
217.23
0.28
228.84
0.3
598.52
0.78
993.56
1.28
79
661.12
0.31
609.71
0.29
763.73
0.36
869.58
0.4
984.27
0.45
80
949.46
0.23
1.08K
0.26
1.33K
0.32
1.68K
0.4
980.72
0.23
81
688.95
0.18
737.84
0.19
690.29
0.18
711.38
0.19
937.16
0.25
82
756.32
0.19
699.91
0.18
774.86
0.2
794.06
0.21
936.12
0.25
83
821.88
0.56
730.96
0.51
765.06
0.53
671.86
0.47
934.79
0.66
84
579.69
0.55
26.17
0.02
18.02
0.02
669.64
0.65
833.82
0.81
85
144.46
0.08
0
0
611.17
0.33
239.89
0.13
814.32
0.44
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752.25
1.39
789.76
1.46
743.87
1.36
741.75
1.33
725.77
1.27
87
655.22
0.36
707.15
0.38
988.01
0.53
813.47
0.43
650.2
0.34
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218.33
0.12
236.01
0.13
550.64
0.3
635.66
0.34
584.14
0.31
89
585.19
0.08
166.37
0.02
0
0
796.73
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580.89
0.07
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10.76
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48.42
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121.87
0.01
88.46
0.01
561.92
0.05
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1.1K
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479.13
2.61
563.42
2.99
887.2
4.64
559.36
2.91
92
526.07
1.32
580.08
1.44
1.45K
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515.09
1.24
552.47
1.31
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345.46
0.15
343.17
0.15
435.94
0.19
634.36
0.28
542.68
0.24
94
461.44
0.23
452.84
0.22
444.26
0.22
521.88
0.26
521.82
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95
613.26
1.27
663.47
1.37
624.72
1.29
556.36
1.13
513.34
1.03
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328.93
0.16
394.41
0.19
577.27
0.28
502.14
0.24
446.88
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151.85
0.14
335.52
0.32
262.64
0.25
372.27
0.35
444.27
0.41
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296.38
0.21
352.61
0.25
335.14
0.24
388.9
0.28
424.91
0.31
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345.29
0.18
397.16
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406.55
0.21
348.61
0.18
394.96
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100
119.64
0.03
126.02
0.03
178.45
0.05
213.4
0.06
313.6
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101
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110.87
0.21
171.61
0.32
148.35
0.27
292.98
0.53
102
285.66
0.61
371.18
0.79
301.3
0.65
341.74
0.73
274.55
0.59
103
153.48
0.15
215.29
0.21
213.72
0.21
246
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263.93
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104
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258.02
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255.99
0.21
248.02
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248.8
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105
55.5
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67.11
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83.04
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242.06
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106
168.92
0.61
201.66
0.72
307.91
1.09
302.66
1.06
226.44
0.79
107
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0.03
116
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110
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151.55
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177.64
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125.96
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141.62
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140.31
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210.38
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229.33
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160.44
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122.73
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112
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94.51
0.43
117.68
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109.24
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120.59
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214.86
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102.31
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109.18
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115
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0.06
117.93
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35.75
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48.06
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49.78
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79.14
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78.66
0.76
73.63
0.71
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277.84
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50.06
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65.11
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119
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41.64
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66.29
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62.81
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120
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1.04
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1.23
43.08
0.96
59.07
1.29
60.42
1.29
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33.25
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37.22
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38.41
0.01
32.4
0.01
58.35
0.02
122
61.69
0.05
19.42
0.02
129.41
0.11
155.14
0.13
57.56
0.05
123
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0.03
63.5
0.09
185.18
0.27
82.79
0.12
56.43
0.08
124
68.41
0.2
63.51
0.19
53.25
0.16
64.49
0.19
52.51
0.16
125
3.32
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11.29
0.04
23.43
0.08
22.94
0.08
51.72
0.17
126
49.89
0.27
26.57
0.14
21.16
0.11
58.86
0.31
44.14
0.23
127
635.75
0.05
6.47K
0.53
2.06K
0.16
267.93
0.02
40.1
0
128
441.93
0.24
422.95
0.23
502.64
0.26
16.9
0.01
35.12
0.02
129
24.75
0.19
24.19
0.18
33.15
0.24
29.19
0.21
34.36
0.24
130
63.73
0.29
45.45
0.2
28.3
0.13
17.08
0.08
33.03
0.14
131
155.39
0.04
396.02
0.09
37.59
0.01
208.04
0.05
31.17
0.01
132
26.39
0.12
26.43
0.11
29.58
0.13
32.53
0.14
29.17
0.12
133
12.71
0.01
19.07
0.01
17.2
0.01
19.03
0.01
26.78
0.01
134
19.08
0.01
16.31
0.01
27.05
0.01
26.94
0.01
26.32
0.01
135
25.82
0.11
11.09
0.04
15.71
0.06
13.02
0.05
18.62
0.07
136
18.39
0.55
3.01
0.09
19.98
0.59
18.43
0.54
18.44
0.54
137
0.98
0
8.49
0.01
119.82
0.07
121.51
0.07
13.46
0.01
138
4.73
0.03
4.74
0.03
7.19
0.05
12.43
0.09
13.2
0.09
139
106.95
2.53
105.93
2.49
103.46
2.43
19.82
0.46
12.29
0.29
140
0.67
0
4.85
0.01
8.08
0.02
3.24
0.01
11.17
0.02
141
19.23
0.51
3.36
0.09
3
0.08
9.06
0.24
9.41
0.25
142
1.32
0
14.21
0.02
6.07
0.01
7.28
0.01
9.14
0.01
143
3.6
0
7.68
0
12.31
0.01
7.81
0
7.18
0
144
3.24
0
3.87
0
2.16
0
15.48
0
6.55
0
145
33.13
0.04
40.62
0.05
37.39
0.04
5.86
0.01
5.14
0.01
146
2.76
0.01
3.61
0.01
0.52
0
3.06
0.01
3.72
0.01
147
10.42
0.1
2.94
0.03
3.58
0.04
4.43
0.04
3.64
0.04
148
0.77
0
20.28
0.02
5.11
0.01
7.69
0.01
2.63
0
149
27.45
0.27
2.77
0.03
11.26
0.11
2.29
0.02
2.25
0.02
150
0.2
0.01
0.54
0.03
1.4
0.09
1.68
0.11
1.83
0.13
151
14.18
0.1
4.76
0.03
11.23
0.08
19.08
0.13
1.72
0.01
152
0.07
0
0.01
0
2.85
0.01
1.74
0.01
1.43
0
153
4.97
0.08
6.13
0.09
3.68
0.06
1.68
0.03
1.06
0.02
154
0.03
0
0.13
0
0.73
0
0.28
0
0.39
0
155
0.91
0.01
0.51
0.01
5.75
0.07
1.17
0.01
0.26
0
156
0.05
0
0.02
0
0.23
0
0.39
0
0.23
0
157
-
-
0.04
0.01
0.08
0.02
0.19
0.04
0.05
0.01
158
0
0
0.21
0.01
0
0
0.38
0.02
0.05
0
159
0
0
0.02
0
0.08
0
0.15
0
0.04
0
160
0.03
0
0
0
0.02
0
0.02
0
0.02
0
161
9.67
0.03
3.1
0.01
6.53
0.02
1.91
0.01
0.01
0
162
303.97
0.02
3.18K
0.22
445.81
0.03
0
0
0
0
163
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
164
428.63
0.04
1.31K
0.12
526.63
0.05
0
0
0
0
165
48.34
0.05
22.45
0.02
43.59
0.04
28.6
0.03
0
0
166
908.32
0.08
1.75K
0.15
0
0
0
0
0
0
167
0.57
0.01
0.45
0.01
0
0
0
0
0
0
168
0
0
-
-
0.58
0.01
0.1
0
0
0
169
0
0
0.2
0.05
0.17
0.05
0.51
0.14
0
0
170
16.96
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
171
154.1
0.04
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Methodology
Frequently Asked Questions
Who trails Bosnia and Herzegovina per person?
Bosnia and Herzegovina clearly led dried chillies per person in 2023, far above Jamaica at 17.73 grams with Thailand next at 15.26 grams a day.
What share of dried chilli supply came from India?
India alone held 38.3 percent of the annual listed consumption total (1,885,949 tonnes), and the top three together reached 59.1 percent.
How much did India add lately?
India alone added 646,197 tonnes, up by 52.1 percent in the latest year, the biggest single gain recorded among all countries in the file overall.
Is this what people actually ate?
No. The figures measure food available for human consumption in the reference year, not actual intake, so eaten amounts stay below supply in every case.
Which countries contributed most to the five-year increase?
India alone added 736,920 tonnes and Bangladesh alone added 466,768 tonnes, the two giants behind the net five-year gain ever recorded since 2019 overall.
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Sources
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https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/SCL
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