Okra — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Okra — Area harvested was 10,785 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 10,785 ha.
The figure is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 13,049 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Caribbean ranks 13th of 60 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.9 ha | 0 ha | 32 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 821.3 ha | 340 ha | 1,787 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,700 ha | 1,949 ha | 9,255 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,389 ha | 7,937 ha | 13,049 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,114 ha | 7,739 ha | 10,785 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 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 Caribbean
- Bananas — Area harvested 150,870 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 2.72 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 136,188 t (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested 8,527 ha (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield 19,733 kg/ha (2024)
- Cabbages — Production 168,261 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 7,589 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 1.91 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 13,712 t (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield 6,078 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Okra — area harvested in Caribbean was 10,785 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 13,049 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for okra — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 13th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.