Okra — Yield in Africa
Africa: Okra — Yield was 1,703 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — yield in Africa stood at 1,703 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and down 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Africa peaked at 3,803 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1,505 kg/ha, in 2011.
That places Africa 21st out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Okra — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,858 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,912 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 1,967 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 2,014 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 2,017 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 2,065 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 2,127 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 2,176 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 2,231 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 2,256 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 2,295 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 2,718 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1973 | 2,710 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 2,888 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 2,810 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 2,622 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 2,597 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 2,483 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 2,574 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 2,654 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 2,538 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 2,602 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 2,687 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 2,732 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 2,546 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1986 | 2,520 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 2,552 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 2,444 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 3,398 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1990 | 2,616 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1991 | 3,264 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1992 | 3,269 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 3,259 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 3,268 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 3,332 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 3,330 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 3,430 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 3,292 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 3,615 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 3,557 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 3,504 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 3,650 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 3,742 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 3,549 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 3,625 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 3,560 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 3,803 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 3,528 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 3,676 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 3,592 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 1,505 kg/ha | -58.1% |
| 2012 | 2,399 kg/ha | +59.4% |
| 2013 | 2,227 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 2,327 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 1,654 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 2016 | 1,837 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 1,964 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 1,967 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,033 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 2,127 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 2,062 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 1,968 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 1,829 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 1,703 kg/ha | -6.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Yield in Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -58.1% | 3,592 kg/ha | 1,505 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +59.4% | 1,505 kg/ha | 2,399 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +39.1% | 2,444 kg/ha | 3,398 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -28.9% | 2,327 kg/ha | 1,654 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,041 kg/ha | 1,858 kg/ha | 2,231 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,595 kg/ha | 2,256 kg/ha | 2,888 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,667 kg/ha | 2,444 kg/ha | 3,398 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,268 kg/ha | 2,616 kg/ha | 3,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,620 kg/ha | 3,504 kg/ha | 3,803 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,151 kg/ha | 1,505 kg/ha | 3,592 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,938 kg/ha | 1,703 kg/ha | 2,127 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — yield in Africa?
- Okra — yield in Africa was 1,703 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,803 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,505 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Africa rank for okra — yield?
- Africa ranks 21st out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Okra — Yield. 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.