Black Pepper Production Data Across Africa

Burkina Faso is the largest producer of Black Pepper in this dataset, at 77.9 thousand tonnes in the most recent year on record, across 15 producing countries tracked.

CountryLatest Production (K tonnes)
Burkina Faso77.9
Zimbabwe17.5
Madagascar4.8
Ethiopia4.6
Niger3.9
Ghana3.8
Rwanda2.8
Uganda2.2
Kenya0.8
Namibia0.5
Tanzania0.4
Malawi0.3
Benin0.2
Ivory Coast0.2
Cameroon0.1

Source: FAOSTAT and World Bank, via Afrixplorer. Last updated 2026-09-15.