Okra — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Okra — Area harvested was 349,014 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 349,014 ha for okra — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.2% on the previous year and up 167.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 349,014 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 6th of 22 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Okra — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 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 | 34,262 ha | +158.2% |
| 1991 | 55,020 ha | +60.6% |
| 1992 | 58,670 ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 61,630 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 65,883 ha | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 65,545 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 76,951 ha | +17.4% |
| 1997 | 85,453 ha | +11.0% |
| 1998 | 96,264 ha | +12.7% |
| 1999 | 82,967 ha | -13.8% |
| 2000 | 92,726 ha | +11.8% |
| 2001 | 103,857 ha | +12.0% |
| 2002 | 106,705 ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 115,994 ha | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 124,662 ha | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 95,437 ha | -23.4% |
| 2006 | 92,096 ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 79,776 ha | -13.4% |
| 2008 | 121,913 ha | +52.8% |
| 2009 | 105,902 ha | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 152,371 ha | +43.9% |
| 2011 | 114,055 ha | -25.1% |
| 2012 | 124,922 ha | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 123,746 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 130,517 ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 289,355 ha | +121.7% |
| 2016 | 282,984 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 258,492 ha | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 307,552 ha | +19.0% |
| 2019 | 340,311 ha | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 312,034 ha | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 278,893 ha | -10.6% |
| 2022 | 258,818 ha | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 311,157 ha | +20.2% |
| 2024 | 349,014 ha | +12.2% |
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 | 68,264 ha | 34,262 ha | 96,264 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 103,907 ha | 79,776 ha | 124,662 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 212,430 ha | 114,055 ha | 340,311 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 301,983 ha | 258,818 ha | 349,014 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 3 Niger 108,673 ha compare
- 4 Mali 55,506 ha compare
- 5 Guinea 47,514 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 9,690 ha compare
- 6 Cameroon 32,016 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 4,281 ha compare
- 7 Pakistan 27,310 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 3,609 ha compare
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 63,878 ha compare
- 8 Sudan 27,234 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 510 ha compare
- 9 Benin 23,000 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 0 ha
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Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Okra — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 349,014 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 349,014 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for okra — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 6th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 167.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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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.