Pepper prices: questions and answers
Peppers: median wholesale price 1.70 EUR/kg across 164 markets in 28 countries, quotes to 11 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of peppers today?
The median wholesale price of peppers was 1.70 EUR/kg across 674 current quotes on 164 markets in 28 countries (latest quote 11 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 1.10 and 2.38 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
How do prices differ between types of peppers?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet peppers (capsicum) | 386 | 1.63 EUR/kg |
| Chillies and hot peppers | 285 | 1.74 EUR/kg |
| Type not stated | 3 | 1.05 EUR/kg |
Sweet bell peppers and hot chillies are different products with very different prices. Each type has its own scale, and quotes whose name gives no type are kept together.
Where are prices of peppers lowest and highest?
Among countries with at least two quotes, prices of peppers were lowest in India (0.47 EUR/kg), Nepal (0.65 EUR/kg), South Africa (0.81 EUR/kg) and highest in Peru (3.69 EUR/kg), France (3.14 EUR/kg), Uruguay (3.13 EUR/kg), as medians in EUR per kg.
Markets quote different varieties, grades, origins and trade stages, and local prices are converted at the day’s exchange rate, so differences between countries also reflect what is being sold, not only how much it costs.
What is the price of peppers in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 43 | 1.36 EUR/kg | 4,792 COP/kg |
| Mexico | 41 | 1.81 EUR/kg | 38.0 MXN/kg |
| Turkey | 14 | 1.19 EUR/kg | 66.3 TRY/kg |
| Spain | 13 | 2.32 EUR/kg | — |
| Poland | 8 | 2.28 EUR/kg | 10.0 PLN/kg |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1.76 EUR/kg | 63.9 TWD/kg |
| France | 5 | 3.14 EUR/kg | — |
| Croatia | 5 | 2.70 EUR/kg | — |
Countries with the most markets quoting peppers; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of peppers going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 126 of 503 quotes for peppers rose, 123 fell and 254 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish pepper prices?
164 markets in 28 countries have current pepper quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Cape Town Market South Africa · 62 quotes
- Durban Fresh Produce Market South Africa · 18 quotes
- Mercado de Abasto Estrella, San Nicolás de los Garza Mexico · 11 quotes
- Central de Abasto de Ciudad Obregón Mexico · 11 quotes
- Guadalajara Wholesale Market Mexico · 10 quotes
- Buenos Aires Central Market Argentina · 10 quotes
- Agroejido auction, El Ejido Spain · 10 quotes
- Agroponiente auction, La Redonda Spain · 10 quotes
Why are there so many different pepper prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 374 different pepper quote names, for example: Jalapeno chillies; Chillies Red; Caribe chillies, Sinaloa; Anaheim chillies, Durango; Jalapeno chillies, Sinaloa, Mexico, first grade; Peppers, Bell, Corrientes, grade 1A, large.
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Which country produces the most peppers?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of chillies and peppers, green was 44.8 million t in 2024. The largest producer was China with 38.7% of the world total, followed by India and Turkey.
Where do these pepper prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are pepper prices updated?
The latest pepper quote is from 11 November 2026; 118 of 164 markets published pepper prices in the seven days to 11 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download pepper prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for pepper prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.