Okra — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Okra — Yield was 8,858 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Yield in Puerto Rico, 2003–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — yield in Puerto Rico stood at 8,858 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 9,231 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,300 kg/ha, in 2003.
That places Puerto Rico 27th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Okra — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2,300 kg/ha | — |
| 2004 | 2,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,317 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 2,856 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2007 | 3,355 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2008 | 3,936 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2009 | 4,535 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 5,144 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2011 | 5,755 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2012 | 6,357 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 6,942 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 7,708 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 7,651 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 8,312 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 9,231 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 8,440 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 8,969 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 8,885 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 8,775 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 8,893 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 8,866 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 8,858 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 8,858 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 10,472 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 8,858 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9,368 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,086 kg/ha | 2,300 kg/ha | 4,535 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2010s | 7,451 kg/ha | 5,144 kg/ha | 9,231 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,855 kg/ha | 8,775 kg/ha | 8,893 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Okra — yield in Puerto Rico was 8,858 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 9,231 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for okra — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 27th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.