Okra — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Okra — Area harvested was 3,534 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 2019–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 3,534 ha for okra — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 24.3% over ten years.
Zimbabwe ranks 20th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Okra — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2,842 ha | — |
| 2020 | 3,794 ha | +33.5% |
| 2021 | 3,320 ha | -12.5% |
| 2022 | 3,560 ha | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 3,440 ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 3,534 ha | +2.7% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 3,534 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,534 ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 3,534 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,326 ha, 1.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,842 ha | 2,842 ha | 2,842 ha | 1 |
| 2020s | 3,530 ha | 3,320 ha | 3,794 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 17 Philippines 4,361 ha compare
- 18 Malaysia 3,854 ha compare
- 19 Mexico 3,770 ha compare
- 21 Burkina Faso 3,119 ha compare
- 22 Ghana 3,069 ha compare
- 23 Saudi Arabia 3,033 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Okra — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 3,534 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,794 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,842 ha in 2019.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for okra — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 20th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.