Black pepper (Piper spp.): production by country

Black pepper (Piper spp.): the total weight produced in each country in a year, in tonnes. Which countries produce the most?

#1 Vietnam (262K t), #2 India (126K t), #3 Brazil (125K t). The last place is Vanuatu (1.71 t).

How to read this number

The total weight, in tonnes, of the crop or product harvested or produced in the country in a year, as reported to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Item: Black pepper (Piper spp.).

Only countries with a production above zero are listed. Countries that grow or make none, or that have no FAO figure, are not ranked (they are not counted as zero). Many figures, especially for small countries, are estimated by the FAO, so small differences between countries are not reliable. Weather and harvests change the amounts from year to year.

  • Countries listed: 45 (of 193)
  • Data year: 2024

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Ranking table

Sorted from the highest value

RankCountryBlack pepper (Piper spp.): productionYearBar
1 Vietnam 262,230 t 2024
2 India 126,038 t 2024
3 Brazil 124,925 t 2024
4 Burkina Faso 77,932 t 2024
5 Indonesia 62,625 t 2024
6 Iraq 60,257 t 2024
7 Sri Lanka 44,467 t 2024
8 Tajikistan 35,760 t 2024
9 China 34,588 t 2024
10 Malaysia 34,408 t 2024
11 Zimbabwe 17,480 t 2024
12 Mexico 9,145 t 2024
13 Jordan 5,041 t 2024
14 Madagascar 4,836 t 2024
15 Ecuador 4,589 t 2024
16 Ethiopia 4,562 t 2024
17 Niger 3,899 t 2024
18 Ghana 3,801 t 2024
19 Rwanda 2,776 t 2024
20 Cambodia 2,511 t 2024
21 Uganda 2,217 t 2024
22 Costa Rica 1,658 t 2024
23 Philippines 828 t 2024
24 Guatemala 808 t 2024
25 Kenya 770 t 2024
26 Honduras 734 t 2024
27 Brunei 642 t 2024
28 Namibia 460 t 2024
29 Peru 447 t 2024
30 Tanzania 437 t 2024
31 Malawi 346 t 2024
32 Guyana 338 t 2024
33 Thailand 261 t 2024
34 Côte d’Ivoire 246 t 2024
35 Uzbekistan 211 t 2024
36 Kyrgyzstan 201 t 2024
37 Benin 183 t 2024
38 Grenada 124 t 2024
39 Fiji 121 t 2024
40 Cameroon 100 t 2024
41 Zambia 63 t 2024
42 Bolivia 27 t 2024
43 Samoa 11 t 2024
44 St. Lucia 11 t 2024
45 Vanuatu 2 t 2024

Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.

Data is available for 45 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 04 November 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Processed by this site. fao.org/faostat

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