Okra — Yield in Central America
Central America: Okra — Yield was 8,587 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — yield in Central America is 8,587 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Central America peaked at 10,687 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5,405 kg/ha, in 1972.
Central America ranks 11th of 22 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Okra — Yield in Central America, 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 | 8,388 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 7,047 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1988 | 7,085 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 6,806 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 6,645 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 7,262 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1992 | 5,714 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1993 | 7,617 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1994 | 5,723 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1995 | 6,765 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1996 | 6,745 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 6,947 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 5,988 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1999 | 7,184 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 6,406 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2001 | 7,043 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2002 | 6,474 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 7,990 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 2004 | 7,290 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 7,307 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 8,133 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2007 | 10,687 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 2008 | 8,161 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2009 | 7,872 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 7,458 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 8,255 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 8,104 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 8,132 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 7,240 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 7,732 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 8,095 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 8,698 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 8,827 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 8,908 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 8,743 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 8,794 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 8,211 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2023 | 8,903 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2024 | 8,587 kg/ha | -3.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Yield in Central America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 7,527 kg/ha | 5,612 kg/ha | 9,227 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,659 kg/ha | 5,714 kg/ha | 7,617 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,736 kg/ha | 6,406 kg/ha | 10,687 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,145 kg/ha | 7,240 kg/ha | 8,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,648 kg/ha | 8,211 kg/ha | 8,903 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — yield in Central America?
- Okra — yield in Central America was 8,587 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 10,687 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,405 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Central America rank for okra — yield?
- Central America ranks 11th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.