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 13th out of 24 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.
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
- 10 Benin 23,000 ha compare
- 11 Sudan (former) 21,504 ha compare
- 12 Bangladesh 12,654 ha compare
- 14 Dominican Republic 9,767 ha compare
- 15 United Republic of Tanzania 9,690 ha compare
- 16 Sri Lanka 7,907 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Tomatoes — Production 25.19 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 32.73 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.37 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.02 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 267.48 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 25.17 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 94 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532,819 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 63,435 kg/ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 191.53 million An (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 13th out of 24 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.