Okra — Yield in Americas
Americas: Okra — Yield was 53,806 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Yield in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — yield in Americas stood at 53,806 kg/ha.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 245.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Americas peaked at 55,220 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,405 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Americas 3rd out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Okra — Yield in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,882 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,882 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,882 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 6,190 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 6,087 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 6,000 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 5,926 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 5,882 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 6,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 6,111 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 5,405 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1973 | 6,000 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1974 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,061 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 6,061 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,061 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 5,714 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 6,562 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1981 | 7,989 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1982 | 7,804 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 5,612 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1984 | 9,227 kg/ha | +64.4% |
| 1985 | 8,746 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1986 | 8,371 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 7,040 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1988 | 7,068 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 6,786 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 6,632 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 7,249 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1992 | 5,849 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1993 | 7,465 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1994 | 5,899 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1995 | 6,844 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1996 | 9,576 kg/ha | +39.9% |
| 1997 | 9,005 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1998 | 7,635 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1999 | 9,206 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2000 | 8,300 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 10,508 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2002 | 9,677 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 10,491 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 9,914 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 10,878 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 13,166 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2007 | 14,828 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2008 | 13,679 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 13,793 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 15,572 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2011 | 15,544 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 14,685 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 15,784 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 15,596 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 15,537 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 19,906 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 2017 | 21,181 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 20,861 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 20,311 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 19,773 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 20,035 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 41,116 kg/ha | +105.2% |
| 2023 | 55,220 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 2024 | 53,806 kg/ha | -2.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Yield in Americas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +105.2% | 20,035 kg/ha | 41,116 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +64.4% | 5,612 kg/ha | 9,227 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,970 kg/ha | 5,882 kg/ha | 6,190 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,941 kg/ha | 5,405 kg/ha | 6,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,520 kg/ha | 5,612 kg/ha | 9,227 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,536 kg/ha | 5,849 kg/ha | 9,576 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,523 kg/ha | 8,300 kg/ha | 14,828 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,498 kg/ha | 14,685 kg/ha | 21,181 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,990 kg/ha | 19,773 kg/ha | 55,220 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 Guyana 179,129 kg/ha compare
- 2 Dominican Republic 85,633 kg/ha compare
- 2 Caribbean 78,346 kg/ha compare
- 3 Senegal 38,453 kg/ha compare
- 3 Melanesia 12,000 kg/ha compare
- 4 Kuwait 26,443 kg/ha compare
- 5 Bahamas 26,326 kg/ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 6,576 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ghana 21,875 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 4,531 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — yield in Americas?
- Okra — yield in Americas was 53,806 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 55,220 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,405 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Americas rank for okra — yield?
- Americas ranks 3rd out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 245.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas 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.