Okra — Yield in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Okra — Yield was 2,362 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Yield in Middle Africa, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — yield in Middle Africa is 2,362 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Middle Africa peaked at 2,705 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 720.1 kg/ha, in 1991.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Okra — Yield in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 730.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 720.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 750.6 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 727 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 741.1 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 753.8 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 765.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 755.9 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 757.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 1,750 kg/ha | +130.9% |
| 2000 | 1,765 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 1,196 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 2002 | 1,050 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2003 | 921.7 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2004 | 809.9 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2005 | 2,018 kg/ha | +149.2% |
| 2006 | 2,048 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 2,705 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 2008 | 2,705 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,542 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 2,523 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1,998 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2012 | 2,356 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2013 | 2,540 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 2,648 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 2,646 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,369 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2017 | 2,273 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 2,425 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 2,436 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,501 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 2,429 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 2,392 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 2,384 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 2,362 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Yield in Middle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +149.2% | 809.9 kg/ha | 2,018 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +130.9% | 757.8 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha |
| 2001 | -32.2% | 1,765 kg/ha | 1,196 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +32.1% | 2,048 kg/ha | 2,705 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 845.2 kg/ha | 720.1 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,776 kg/ha | 809.9 kg/ha | 2,705 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,421 kg/ha | 1,998 kg/ha | 2,648 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,414 kg/ha | 2,362 kg/ha | 2,501 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 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
- 7 Bahrain 20,294 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 4,201 kg/ha compare
- 8 Malaysia 18,213 kg/ha compare
- 9 Cyprus 18,000 kg/ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 1,780 kg/ha compare
- 10 Kenya 15,277 kg/ha compare
- 11 Egypt 14,640 kg/ha compare
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 8.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -3.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 2.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 5.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 11.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 6.72 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — yield in Middle Africa?
- Okra — yield in Middle Africa was 2,362 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,705 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 720.1 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Middle Africa rank for okra — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 8th out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle 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.