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Area & Production of Chillies &
Area & Production of Chillies & Peppers Dry in the world During 2009
S.No. Country Production in Tonnes Area in Hectares %age Change
1 India 1300000 800000 41.43
2 China 260000 42000 8.29
3 Pakistan 186700 74800 5.95
4 Thailand 170125 71305 5.42
5 Peru 140216 18294 4.47
6 Ethiopia 118514 300000 3.78
7 Myanmar 116000 132000 3.70
8 Viet Nam 112937 62411 3.60
9 Bangladesh 109337 89268 3.48
10 Ghana 93641 12141 2.98
11 Mexico 50988 31482 1.63
12 Nigeria 50000 28413 1.59
13 Egypt 45600 14500 1.45
14 Romania 35251 50552 1.12
15 Congo 32000 7289 1.02
Total of top 15 countries 2821309 1734455 89.92
Total of other 49 countries 316236 172103 10.08
World Total 3137545 1906558 100.00
Source: FAO 2009