Okra — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Okra — Area harvested was 16,274 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 16,274 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 614.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 17,195 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 65 ha, in 1990.
Eastern Africa ranks 10th of 23 regions 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,845 ha | 65 ha | 3,164 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,284 ha | 1,984 ha | 2,466 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,722 ha | 1,958 ha | 15,973 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,584 ha | 16,274 ha | 17,195 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 7 Pakistan 27,310 ha compare
- 8 Sudan 27,234 ha compare
- 9 Benin 23,000 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 54,812 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Okra — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 16,274 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 17,195 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 65 ha in 1990.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for okra — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 10th out of 23 regions with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 614.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.