As of 2020, the total annual production of chili pepper in Mexico reached 3,200,000 tons.
The development of agro-industrial technology increased the production 3 folds (from 1.8 kg/ m2 in 2019 to 12.3 kg / m2 in 2020). The largest area harvested in Mexico for 2019 was Zacatecas covering 23.7%. Of Mexico’s total chili production land.
Sinaloa also had the largest area of chili cultivation using agro-industrial agriculture, with 793 hectares in 2019.
Growers in Mexico's harvest volume range from 4 tons/ha to 54 tons/ ha (2019).