Okra — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Okra — Area harvested was 2.51 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — area harvested in Africa is 2.51 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 96.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Africa peaked at 2.51 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 171,200 ha, in 1961.
That places Africa 2nd out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Okra — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 171,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 171,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 171,800 ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 172,300 ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 177,500 ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 178,700 ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 181,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 181,100 ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 183,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 191,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 191,700 ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 206,750 ha | +7.9% |
| 1973 | 197,800 ha | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 219,900 ha | +11.2% |
| 1975 | 201,100 ha | -8.5% |
| 1976 | 204,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 206,800 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 225,100 ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 229,600 ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 226,820 ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 214,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1982 | 217,320 ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 224,775 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 245,802 ha | +9.4% |
| 1985 | 260,810 ha | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 293,613 ha | +12.6% |
| 1987 | 290,523 ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 276,383 ha | -4.9% |
| 1989 | 307,058 ha | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 358,959 ha | +16.9% |
| 1991 | 350,300 ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 361,523 ha | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 371,931 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 388,344 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 398,718 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 414,557 ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 395,781 ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 423,703 ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 420,456 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 441,192 ha | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 473,667 ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 457,811 ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 460,456 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 499,554 ha | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 491,591 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 504,953 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 556,232 ha | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 554,937 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 546,979 ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 597,833 ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 1.13 million ha | +89.2% |
| 2012 | 1.24 million ha | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 1.27 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 1.28 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 2.20 million ha | +72.4% |
| 2016 | 1.68 million ha | -23.8% |
| 2017 | 1.62 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 1.77 million ha | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 1.83 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 1.85 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1.91 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 2.08 million ha | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 2.36 million ha | +13.4% |
| 2024 | 2.51 million ha | +6.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Area harvested in Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +89.2% | 597,833 ha | 1.13 million ha |
| 2015 | +72.4% | 1.28 million ha | 2.20 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 176,489 ha | 171,200 ha | 183,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 207,465 ha | 191,500 ha | 229,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 255,760 ha | 214,500 ha | 307,058 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 388,427 ha | 350,300 ha | 423,703 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 498,737 ha | 441,192 ha | 556,232 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.46 million ha | 597,833 ha | 2.20 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.14 million ha | 1.85 million ha | 2.51 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Africa?
- Okra — area harvested in Africa was 2.51 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.51 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 171,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for okra — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 2nd out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 96.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Okra — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.