Okra — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Okra — Area harvested was 439,867 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 439,867 ha for okra — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 11.9% on the previous year and up 132.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 439,867 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,200 ha, in 1961.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 1,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 2,300 ha | +27.8% |
| 1965 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 3,398 ha | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 3,598 ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 3,810 ha | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 4,169 ha | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 4,099 ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 4,449 ha | +8.5% |
| 1975 | 4,898 ha | +10.1% |
| 1976 | 5,009 ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 5,639 ha | +12.6% |
| 1978 | 5,432 ha | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 8,994 ha | +65.6% |
| 1980 | 15,550 ha | +72.9% |
| 1981 | 14,374 ha | -7.6% |
| 1982 | 15,751 ha | +9.6% |
| 1983 | 20,074 ha | +27.4% |
| 1984 | 19,349 ha | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 20,117 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 23,797 ha | +18.3% |
| 1987 | 24,500 ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 26,534 ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 27,026 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 75,532 ha | +179.5% |
| 1991 | 92,551 ha | +22.5% |
| 1992 | 95,910 ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 99,201 ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 103,454 ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 104,307 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 114,266 ha | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 115,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 132,285 ha | +15.0% |
| 1999 | 123,207 ha | -6.9% |
| 2000 | 131,927 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 155,823 ha | +18.1% |
| 2002 | 157,304 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 141,700 ha | -9.9% |
| 2004 | 144,648 ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 147,290 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 144,157 ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 142,611 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 186,136 ha | +30.5% |
| 2009 | 168,797 ha | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 212,814 ha | +26.1% |
| 2011 | 168,303 ha | -20.9% |
| 2012 | 182,353 ha | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 181,869 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 189,363 ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 346,797 ha | +83.1% |
| 2016 | 340,028 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 331,777 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 389,542 ha | +17.4% |
| 2019 | 416,450 ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 401,735 ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 364,023 ha | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 311,237 ha | -14.5% |
| 2023 | 393,195 ha | +26.3% |
| 2024 | 439,867 ha | +11.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +179.5% | 27,026 ha | 75,532 ha |
| 2015 | +83.1% | 189,363 ha | 346,797 ha |
| 1980 | +72.9% | 8,994 ha | 15,550 ha |
| 1979 | +65.6% | 5,432 ha | 8,994 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,389 ha | 1,200 ha | 3,398 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,010 ha | 3,598 ha | 8,994 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,707 ha | 14,374 ha | 27,026 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 105,571 ha | 75,532 ha | 132,285 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 152,039 ha | 131,927 ha | 186,136 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 275,930 ha | 168,303 ha | 416,450 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 382,011 ha | 311,237 ha | 439,867 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 2 India 557,001 ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Okra — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 439,867 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 439,867 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for okra — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 132.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.