Okra — Area harvested in Kuwait
Kuwait: Okra — Area harvested was 63 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Kuwait, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 63 ha for okra — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.3% on the previous year and down 68.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Kuwait peaked at 373 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 1991.
That places Kuwait 42nd out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Okra — Area harvested in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 125 ha | — |
| 1989 | 151 ha | +20.8% |
| 1990 | 123 ha | -18.5% |
| 1991 | 5 ha | -95.9% |
| 1992 | 13 ha | +160.0% |
| 1993 | 52 ha | +300.0% |
| 1994 | 161 ha | +209.6% |
| 1995 | 218 ha | +35.4% |
| 1996 | 252 ha | +15.6% |
| 1997 | 256 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 263 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 191 ha | -27.4% |
| 2000 | 226 ha | +18.3% |
| 2001 | 180 ha | -20.4% |
| 2002 | 170 ha | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 167 ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 237 ha | +41.9% |
| 2005 | 278 ha | +17.3% |
| 2006 | 320 ha | +15.1% |
| 2007 | 311 ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 310 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 341 ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 373 ha | +9.4% |
| 2011 | 297 ha | -20.4% |
| 2012 | 262 ha | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 196 ha | -25.2% |
| 2014 | 198 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 216 ha | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 146 ha | -32.4% |
| 2017 | 267 ha | +82.9% |
| 2018 | 182 ha | -31.8% |
| 2019 | 242 ha | +33.0% |
| 2020 | 56 ha | -76.9% |
| 2021 | 43 ha | -23.2% |
| 2022 | 51 ha | +18.6% |
| 2023 | 71 ha | +39.2% |
| 2024 | 63 ha | -11.3% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 63 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 54 ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 63 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 523 ha, 12% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Area harvested in Kuwait 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +300.0% | 13 ha | 52 ha |
| 1994 | +209.6% | 52 ha | 161 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 138 ha | 125 ha | 151 ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 153.4 ha | 5 ha | 263 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 254 ha | 167 ha | 341 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 237.9 ha | 146 ha | 373 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.8 ha | 43 ha | 71 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kuwait
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0053 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 171.42 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2005)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Kuwait?
- Okra — area harvested in Kuwait was 63 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 373 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 1991.
- How does Kuwait rank for okra — area harvested?
- Kuwait ranks 42nd out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.