Okra — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Okra — Area harvested was 157 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Area harvested in Mauritius, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — area harvested in Mauritius stood at 157 ha.
The figure is down 16.0% on the previous year and down 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 223 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 65 ha, in 1990.
Mauritius ranks 39th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Okra — Area harvested in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 65 ha | — |
| 1991 | 71 ha | +9.2% |
| 1992 | 75 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 75 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 86 ha | +14.7% |
| 1995 | 90 ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 97 ha | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 95 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 110 ha | +15.8% |
| 1999 | 130 ha | +18.2% |
| 2000 | 129 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 140 ha | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 145 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 143 ha | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 150 ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 152 ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 164 ha | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 177 ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 158 ha | -10.7% |
| 2009 | 174 ha | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 210 ha | +20.7% |
| 2011 | 153 ha | -27.1% |
| 2012 | 155 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 181 ha | +16.8% |
| 2014 | 217 ha | +19.9% |
| 2015 | 221 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 213 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 209 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 185 ha | -11.5% |
| 2019 | 177 ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 207 ha | +16.9% |
| 2021 | 223 ha | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 198 ha | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 187 ha | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 157 ha | -16.0% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 157 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,006 ha, 16% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 157 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,326 ha, 5% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 89.4 ha | 65 ha | 130 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 153.2 ha | 129 ha | 177 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 192.1 ha | 153 ha | 221 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 194.4 ha | 157 ha | 223 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Okra — area harvested in Mauritius was 157 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 223 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 65 ha in 1990.
- How does Mauritius rank for okra — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 39th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.