Okra — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Okra — Area harvested was 521 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Area harvested in Congo, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — area harvested in Congo is 521 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Congo peaked at 542 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1990.
That places Congo 33rd out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Okra — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 100 ha | — |
| 1991 | 105 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 115 ha | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 115 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 130 ha | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 1996 | 165 ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 185 ha | +12.1% |
| 1998 | 200 ha | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 215 ha | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 230 ha | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 250 ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 265 ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 290 ha | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 320 ha | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 322 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 329 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 315 ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 320 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 386 ha | +20.6% |
| 2010 | 414 ha | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 443 ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 500 ha | +12.9% |
| 2013 | 506 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 519 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 542 ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 522 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 520 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 519 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 519 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 522 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 520 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 521 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 521 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 521 ha | +0.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 521 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,534 ha, 15% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Congo's 521 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,326 ha, 16% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 148 ha | 100 ha | 215 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 302.7 ha | 230 ha | 386 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 500.4 ha | 414 ha | 542 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 521 ha | 520 ha | 522 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 254.21 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3588 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Congo?
- Okra — area harvested in Congo was 521 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 542 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1990.
- How does Congo rank for okra — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 33rd out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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.