Pepper production reached 396 tonnes in 2014 in Tanzania, according to Faostat. This is 1.13 % less than in the previous year.
Historically, pepper production in Tanzania reached an all time high of 603 tonnes in 2007 and an all time low of 20.0 tonnes in 1997. When compared to Tanzania's main peers, pepper production in Kenya amounted to 236 tonnes, 1,686 tonnes in Uganda and 87.5 tonnes in Zambia in 2014.
Tanzania has been ranked 24th within the group of 41 countries we follow in terms of pepper production, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.