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 23rd out of 24 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
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 23rd out of 24 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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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.