Okra — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Okra — Area harvested was 4,821 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — area harvested in Central America is 4,821 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 60.6% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Central America peaked at 7,560 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 170 ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 17th out of 24 regions 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 | 3,810 ha | 2,620 ha | 5,241 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,866 ha | 2,561 ha | 6,787 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,852 ha | 3,450 ha | 7,560 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,874 ha | 2,075 ha | 5,421 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,720 ha | 3,001 ha | 5,372 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Bananas — Area harvested 215,845 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 9.27 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 25.41 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 100,964 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 25.03 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.05 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 82 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 50,692 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 32,019 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Central America?
- Okra — area harvested in Central America was 4,821 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 7,560 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 170 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for okra — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 17th out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America 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.