Benin vs Northern Africa: Okra — Area harvested
Okra — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 34,106 ha against 23,000 ha in Benin, a difference of 11,106 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 1.5 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern Africa ahead.
Benin ranks 9th and Northern Africa ranks 9th of 53 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 1,044 ha | 1,044 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 2,745 ha | 2,745 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 3,886 ha | 4,494 ha | 607.6 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 12,763 ha | 16,374 ha | 3,612 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 18,270 ha | 30,405 ha | 12,135 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 14,038 ha | 30,384 ha | 16,346 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 19,597 ha | 34,201 ha | 14,603 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher okra — area harvested, Benin or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 34,106 ha against 23,000 ha in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in okra — area harvested between Benin and Northern Africa?
- 11,106 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Northern Africa rank globally for okra — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 9th and Northern Africa ranks 9th of 53 countries.
- 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.