Okra — Yield in India
India: Okra — Yield was 13,116 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — yield in India is 13,116 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in India peaked at 13,116 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,971 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places India 12th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Okra — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,167 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1963 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,971 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 5,081 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 5,105 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 5,050 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 5,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 5,275 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 5,289 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 5,299 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 5,492 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 5,500 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 5,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,585 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 5,564 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 5,536 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 5,603 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 5,763 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 5,800 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 5,803 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 5,873 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 5,938 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 5,909 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 6,029 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 6,098 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 6,204 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 6,250 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 6,247 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 6,289 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 6,400 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 6,396 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 10,100 kg/ha | +57.9% |
| 1995 | 9,286 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 10,000 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 10,031 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 10,242 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 9,771 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 9,543 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 9,486 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 9,540 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 10,284 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 9,830 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 10,144 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 10,278 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 10,268 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 10,482 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 10,626 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 11,614 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 12,083 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 11,963 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 11,914 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 11,327 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 11,446 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 11,840 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 11,974 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 12,039 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 12,198 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 12,177 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 12,496 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 13,038 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 13,116 kg/ha | +0.6% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 13,116 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,830 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Yield in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +57.9% | 6,396 kg/ha | 10,100 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,042 kg/ha | 4,971 kg/ha | 5,167 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,464 kg/ha | 5,275 kg/ha | 5,603 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,967 kg/ha | 5,763 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,499 kg/ha | 6,247 kg/ha | 10,242 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,963 kg/ha | 9,486 kg/ha | 10,482 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,683 kg/ha | 10,626 kg/ha | 12,083 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,605 kg/ha | 12,177 kg/ha | 13,116 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — yield in India?
- Okra — yield in India was 13,116 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 13,116 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,971 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does India rank for okra — yield?
- India ranks 12th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.