Nigeria vs Southern Asia: Okra — Area harvested
Okra — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 2.09 million ha against 604,882 ha in Southern Asia, a difference of 1.49 million ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 3.5 times Southern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Asia ahead.
Nigeria ranks 1st and Southern Asia ranks 4th of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 2 and Southern Asia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 152,778 ha | 178,444 ha | 25,667 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1970s | 172,500 ha | 254,100 ha | 81,600 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1980s | 225,400 ha | 333,444 ha | 108,044 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1990s | 251,976 ha | 372,105 ha | 120,128 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2000s | 343,309 ha | 395,778 ha | 52,469 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2010s | 1.19 million ha | 533,785 ha | 659,661 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 1.78 million ha | 587,175 ha | 1.20 million ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher okra — area harvested, Nigeria or Southern Asia?
- Nigeria, at 2.09 million ha against 604,882 ha in Southern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in okra — area harvested between Nigeria and Southern Asia?
- 1.49 million ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Southern Asia rank globally for okra — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 1st and Southern Asia ranks 4th 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.
Individual pages
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.