Okra — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Okra — Area harvested was 17,024 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — area harvested in Americas is 17,024 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 17.2% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Americas peaked at 18,627 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 170 ha, in 1961.
That places Americas 11th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Okra — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170 ha | — |
| 1962 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +17.6% |
| 1965 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 230 ha | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 250 ha | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 270 ha | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 340 ha | +25.9% |
| 1970 | 350 ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 750 ha | +102.7% |
| 1974 | 250 ha | -66.7% |
| 1975 | 330 ha | +32.0% |
| 1976 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 500 ha | +51.5% |
| 1979 | 1,400 ha | +180.0% |
| 1980 | 5,241 ha | +274.4% |
| 1981 | 2,620 ha | -50.0% |
| 1982 | 4,866 ha | +85.7% |
| 1983 | 3,112 ha | -36.0% |
| 1984 | 2,851 ha | -8.4% |
| 1985 | 3,844 ha | +34.8% |
| 1986 | 3,126 ha | -18.7% |
| 1987 | 4,660 ha | +49.1% |
| 1988 | 4,540 ha | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 3,324 ha | -26.8% |
| 1990 | 4,630 ha | +39.3% |
| 1991 | 5,743 ha | +24.0% |
| 1992 | 7,557 ha | +31.6% |
| 1993 | 3,810 ha | -49.6% |
| 1994 | 7,087 ha | +86.0% |
| 1995 | 5,716 ha | -19.3% |
| 1996 | 4,745 ha | -17.0% |
| 1997 | 7,900 ha | +66.5% |
| 1998 | 9,172 ha | +16.1% |
| 1999 | 8,614 ha | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 11,979 ha | +39.1% |
| 2001 | 8,433 ha | -29.6% |
| 2002 | 10,762 ha | +27.6% |
| 2003 | 7,911 ha | -26.5% |
| 2004 | 8,460 ha | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 7,667 ha | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 13,206 ha | +72.2% |
| 2007 | 14,279 ha | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 16,350 ha | +14.5% |
| 2009 | 15,320 ha | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 18,516 ha | +20.9% |
| 2011 | 18,627 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 15,814 ha | -15.1% |
| 2013 | 15,585 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 15,628 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 11,525 ha | -26.3% |
| 2016 | 14,764 ha | +28.1% |
| 2017 | 15,845 ha | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 15,766 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 16,501 ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 15,004 ha | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 14,268 ha | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 15,445 ha | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 14,522 ha | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 17,024 ha | +17.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Area harvested in Americas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +274.4% | 1,400 ha | 5,241 ha |
| 1979 | +180.0% | 500 ha | 1,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 223.33 ha | 170 ha | 340 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 497 ha | 250 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,818 ha | 2,620 ha | 5,241 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,497 ha | 3,810 ha | 9,172 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,437 ha | 7,667 ha | 16,350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,857 ha | 11,525 ha | 18,627 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,253 ha | 14,268 ha | 17,024 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 63,878 ha compare
- 8 Sudan 27,234 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 510 ha compare
- 9 Benin 23,000 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 0 ha
- 10 Sudan (former) 21,504 ha compare
- 11 Bangladesh 12,654 ha compare
- 12 Dominican Republic 9,767 ha compare
- 13 Sri Lanka 7,907 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 10,785 ha compare
- 14 Egypt 6,872 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Americas?
- Okra — area harvested in Americas was 17,024 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 18,627 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 170 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for okra — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 11th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas 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.