Okra — Area harvested in Sudan
Sudan: Okra — Area harvested was 27,234 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Area harvested in Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — area harvested in Sudan stood at 27,234 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Sudan peaked at 28,300 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 22,092 ha, in 2012.
Sudan ranks 8th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Okra — Area harvested in Sudan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 22,092 ha | — |
| 2013 | 22,114 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 28,300 ha | +28.0% |
| 2015 | 24,906 ha | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 26,754 ha | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 27,289 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 26,316 ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 27,862 ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 27,156 ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 27,111 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 27,376 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 27,215 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 27,234 ha | +0.1% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 27,234 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 16,040 ha, 1.7× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 27,234 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,326 ha, 8.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Area harvested in Sudan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +28.0% | 22,114 ha | 28,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25,704 ha | 22,092 ha | 28,300 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 27,218 ha | 27,111 ha | 27,376 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 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 Melanesia 510 ha compare
- 9 Benin 23,000 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 0 ha
- 10 Sudan (former) 21,504 ha
- 11 Bangladesh 12,654 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 60.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2936 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 341.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6507 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Sudan?
- Okra — area harvested in Sudan was 27,234 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 28,300 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,092 ha in 2012.
- How does Sudan rank for okra — area harvested?
- Sudan ranks 8th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan 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.