Asia vs Nigeria: Okra — Area harvested
Okra — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 2.09 million ha against 638,039 ha in Asia, a difference of 1.46 million ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 3.3 times Asia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Asia ahead.
Asia ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 1st of 9 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 5 and Nigeria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 183,290 ha | 152,778 ha | 30,513 ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 264,512 ha | 172,500 ha | 92,012 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 366,838 ha | 225,400 ha | 141,438 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 418,947 ha | 251,976 ha | 166,971 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 444,810 ha | 343,309 ha | 101,501 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 573,544 ha | 1.19 million ha | 619,902 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 625,610 ha | 1.78 million ha | 1.16 million ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher okra — area harvested, Asia or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 2.09 million ha against 638,039 ha in Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in okra — area harvested between Asia and Nigeria?
- 1.46 million ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Nigeria rank globally for okra — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 1st of 9 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Okra — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.