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 22 countries on this measure, 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 Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 10 ha | — |
| 1987 | 12 ha | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 25 ha | +108.3% |
| 1989 | 32 ha | +28.0% |
| 1990 | 340 ha | +962.5% |
| 1991 | 365 ha | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 350 ha | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 440 ha | +25.7% |
| 1994 | 350 ha | -20.5% |
| 1995 | 381 ha | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 1,334 ha | +250.1% |
| 1997 | 1,575 ha | +18.1% |
| 1998 | 1,291 ha | -18.0% |
| 1999 | 1,787 ha | +38.4% |
| 2000 | 1,949 ha | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 2,631 ha | +35.0% |
| 2002 | 2,816 ha | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 2,229 ha | -20.8% |
| 2004 | 2,088 ha | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 2,507 ha | +20.1% |
| 2006 | 6,193 ha | +147.0% |
| 2007 | 8,446 ha | +36.4% |
| 2008 | 9,255 ha | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 8,891 ha | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 12,916 ha | +45.3% |
| 2011 | 13,049 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 10,116 ha | -22.5% |
| 2013 | 11,319 ha | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 10,232 ha | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 7,937 ha | -22.4% |
| 2016 | 8,921 ha | +12.4% |
| 2017 | 9,871 ha | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 9,877 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 9,652 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 8,286 ha | -14.2% |
| 2021 | 7,739 ha | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 8,656 ha | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 10,102 ha | +16.7% |
| 2024 | 10,785 ha | +6.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Area harvested in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +962.5% | 32 ha | 340 ha |
| 1996 | +250.1% | 381 ha | 1,334 ha |
| 2006 | +147.0% | 2,507 ha | 6,193 ha |
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 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
- 14 Egypt 6,872 ha compare
- 15 Iraq 5,753 ha compare
- 16 Yemen 4,847 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 6.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 12.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 17.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 13.21 % change on previous year (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 22 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.