Okra — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Okra — Area harvested was 320,546 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 320,546 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.3% on the previous year and up 229.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 320,546 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Okra — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 4,429 ha | +176.8% |
| 1980 | 4,421 ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 4,313 ha | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 4,511 ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 7,917 ha | +75.5% |
| 1984 | 6,782 ha | -14.3% |
| 1985 | 7,299 ha | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 10,248 ha | +40.4% |
| 1987 | 10,885 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 13,378 ha | +22.9% |
| 1989 | 13,268 ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 20,162 ha | +52.0% |
| 1991 | 33,182 ha | +64.6% |
| 1992 | 35,214 ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 34,612 ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 38,121 ha | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 36,353 ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 48,479 ha | +33.4% |
| 1997 | 52,515 ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 58,654 ha | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 59,844 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 69,367 ha | +15.9% |
| 2001 | 70,066 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 69,082 ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 70,660 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 72,691 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 72,110 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 64,629 ha | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 58,466 ha | -9.5% |
| 2008 | 99,300 ha | +69.8% |
| 2009 | 81,380 ha | -18.0% |
| 2010 | 122,849 ha | +51.0% |
| 2011 | 76,959 ha | -37.4% |
| 2012 | 91,186 ha | +18.5% |
| 2013 | 90,701 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 97,345 ha | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 255,585 ha | +162.6% |
| 2016 | 245,790 ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 235,272 ha | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 281,526 ha | +19.7% |
| 2019 | 312,001 ha | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 282,508 ha | -9.5% |
| 2021 | 250,548 ha | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 229,909 ha | -8.2% |
| 2023 | 282,947 ha | +23.1% |
| 2024 | 320,546 ha | +13.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +176.8% | 1,600 ha | 4,429 ha |
| 2015 | +162.6% | 97,345 ha | 255,585 ha |
| 1983 | +75.5% | 4,511 ha | 7,917 ha |
| 2008 | +69.8% | 58,466 ha | 99,300 ha |
| 1991 | +64.6% | 20,162 ha | 33,182 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,333 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,803 ha | 1,500 ha | 4,429 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,302 ha | 4,313 ha | 13,378 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,714 ha | 20,162 ha | 59,844 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 72,775 ha | 58,466 ha | 99,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 180,921 ha | 76,959 ha | 312,001 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 273,292 ha | 229,909 ha | 320,546 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Okra — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 320,546 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 320,546 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for okra — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 229.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.