Okra — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Okra — Area harvested was 6,872 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 6,872 ha for okra — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.2% on the previous year and up 44.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 9,768 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 14th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Okra — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | +100.0% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1965 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 2,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 2,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 2,900 ha | +11.5% |
| 1977 | 3,300 ha | +13.8% |
| 1978 | 3,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 4,620 ha | +15.5% |
| 1981 | 4,200 ha | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 4,620 ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 5,040 ha | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 4,620 ha | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 4,200 ha | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 4,620 ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 4,620 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,200 ha | -9.1% |
| 1989 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,620 ha | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 5,040 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 4,880 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 5,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 5,565 ha | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 5,388 ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 5,400 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 6,450 ha | +17.3% |
| 2000 | 6,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 6,072 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 6,360 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 6,690 ha | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 7,060 ha | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 7,070 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 6,970 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 7,540 ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 7,200 ha | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 9,325 ha | +29.5% |
| 2010 | 6,885 ha | -26.2% |
| 2011 | 6,725 ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 6,957 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 5,769 ha | -17.1% |
| 2014 | 4,747 ha | -17.7% |
| 2015 | 4,871 ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 4,751 ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 4,462 ha | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 5,964 ha | +33.7% |
| 2019 | 4,069 ha | -31.8% |
| 2020 | 6,150 ha | +51.1% |
| 2021 | 5,650 ha | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 9,768 ha | +72.9% |
| 2023 | 6,472 ha | -33.7% |
| 2024 | 6,872 ha | +6.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 6,872 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,534 ha, 1.9× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 6,872 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 523 ha, 13.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Area harvested in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +100.0% | 200 ha | 400 ha |
| 2022 | +72.9% | 5,650 ha | 9,768 ha |
| 1964 | +66.7% | 600 ha | 1,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,044 ha | 200 ha | 1,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,745 ha | 2,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,494 ha | 4,200 ha | 5,040 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,294 ha | 4,620 ha | 6,450 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,029 ha | 6,000 ha | 9,325 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,520 ha | 4,069 ha | 6,957 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,982 ha | 5,650 ha | 9,768 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 11 Bangladesh 12,654 ha compare
- 12 Dominican Republic 9,767 ha compare
- 13 Sri Lanka 7,907 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 10,785 ha compare
- 15 Iraq 5,753 ha compare
- 16 Yemen 4,847 ha compare
- 17 Philippines 4,361 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Egypt?
- Okra — area harvested in Egypt was 6,872 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 9,768 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for okra — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 14th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.