Okra — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Okra — Area harvested was 32,553 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 32,553 ha for okra — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 45,393 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 14,100 ha, in 1990.
Middle Africa ranks 8th of 23 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21,724 ha | 14,100 ha | 30,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,256 ha | 15,352 ha | 45,393 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,434 ha | 24,436 ha | 33,916 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,929 ha | 31,040 ha | 32,553 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 8.08 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 13,891 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 511,443 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.75 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,416 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,128 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 113,974 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 7.03 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Okra — area harvested in Middle Africa was 32,553 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 45,393 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,100 ha in 1990.
- How does Middle Africa rank for okra — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 8th out of 23 regions with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.