Okra — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Okra — Area harvested was 31 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Okra — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, okra — area harvested in European Union (27) stood at 31 ha. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 38.0% on the previous year and down 64.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 127 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 31 ha, in 2017.
That places European Union (27) 22nd out of 22 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Okra — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60 ha | — |
| 1962 | 61 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 62 ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 62 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 63 ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 65 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 67 ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 67 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 67 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 74 ha | +10.4% |
| 1974 | 74 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 67 ha | -9.5% |
| 1976 | 100 ha | +49.3% |
| 1977 | 127 ha | +27.0% |
| 1978 | 114 ha | -10.2% |
| 1979 | 114 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 88 ha | -22.8% |
| 1981 | 80 ha | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 74 ha | -7.5% |
| 1983 | 74 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 74 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 67 ha | -9.5% |
| 1986 | 74 ha | +10.4% |
| 1987 | 80 ha | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 78 ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 75 ha | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 75 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 70 ha | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 73 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 73 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 73 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 73 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 73 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 73 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 93 ha | +27.4% |
| 2004 | 83 ha | -10.8% |
| 2005 | 84 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 88 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 88 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 87 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 87 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 100 ha | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 91 ha | -9.0% |
| 2013 | 88 ha | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 80 ha | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 70 ha | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 50 ha | -28.6% |
| 2017 | 31 ha | -38.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 62.89 ha | 60 ha | 65 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 87.1 ha | 67 ha | 127 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 77.1 ha | 67 ha | 88 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 72.7 ha | 70 ha | 78 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 82.9 ha | 73 ha | 93 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.25 ha | 31 ha | 100 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Okra — area harvested in European Union (27) was 31 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 127 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 31 ha in 2017.
- How does European Union (27) rank for okra — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 22nd out of 22 groups with data for 2017.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.