Okra — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Okra — Area harvested was 638,039 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — area harvested in Asia stood at 638,039 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Asia peaked at 638,039 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 154,610 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Okra — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 154,610 ha | — |
| 1962 | 162,611 ha | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 169,612 ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 174,612 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 184,963 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 189,963 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 195,015 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 203,065 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 215,163 ha | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 224,165 ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 231,177 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 240,639 ha | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 250,048 ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 258,936 ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 268,415 ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 272,792 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 283,471 ha | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 299,532 ha | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 315,950 ha | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 329,220 ha | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 334,054 ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 342,957 ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 353,979 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 359,232 ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 373,906 ha | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 380,986 ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 395,441 ha | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 394,891 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 403,712 ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 414,059 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 419,608 ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 429,344 ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 434,192 ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 360,770 ha | -16.9% |
| 1995 | 481,413 ha | +33.4% |
| 1996 | 443,477 ha | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 434,350 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 385,375 ha | -11.3% |
| 1999 | 386,885 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 407,594 ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 412,991 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 414,923 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 437,637 ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 424,993 ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 427,404 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 470,063 ha | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 469,543 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 480,579 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 502,375 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 523,015 ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 566,965 ha | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 584,844 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 597,259 ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 598,120 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 559,426 ha | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 565,880 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 576,963 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 577,400 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 585,568 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 611,252 ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 614,888 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 637,738 ha | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 626,133 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 638,039 ha | +1.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Area harvested in Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +33.4% | 360,770 ha | 481,413 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 183,290 ha | 154,610 ha | 215,163 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 264,512 ha | 224,165 ha | 315,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 366,838 ha | 329,220 ha | 403,712 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 418,947 ha | 360,770 ha | 481,413 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 444,810 ha | 407,594 ha | 502,375 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 573,544 ha | 523,015 ha | 598,120 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 625,610 ha | 611,252 ha | 638,039 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Asia?
- Okra — area harvested in Asia was 638,039 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 638,039 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 154,610 ha in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for okra — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.