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 17th of 60 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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
- 14 Dominican Republic 9,767 ha compare
- 15 United Republic of Tanzania 9,690 ha compare
- 16 Sri Lanka 7,907 ha compare
- 18 Iraq 5,753 ha compare
- 19 Yemen 4,847 ha compare
- 20 Philippines 4,361 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture share gdp 16.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
- Rural population 57.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 67.58 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 60.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.25 million t (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 17th out of 60 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.