Okra — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Okra — Yield was 9,456 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Yield in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — yield in Saudi Arabia is 9,456 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.4% on the previous year and down 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 15,414 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,889 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Saudi Arabia 24th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Okra — Yield in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,941 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,889 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 3,000 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 2,947 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 3,000 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,212 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 13,855 kg/ha | +331.4% |
| 1974 | 6,635 kg/ha | -52.1% |
| 1975 | 8,481 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1976 | 3,609 kg/ha | -57.5% |
| 1977 | 6,817 kg/ha | +88.9% |
| 1978 | 4,116 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 1979 | 4,173 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 5,747 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1981 | 5,106 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 5,171 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 6,140 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1984 | 5,134 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1985 | 5,359 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 5,623 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 6,046 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 6,678 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1989 | 5,700 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1990 | 3,782 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 1991 | 6,169 kg/ha | +63.1% |
| 1992 | 4,863 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1993 | 5,332 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1994 | 5,130 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 5,130 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5,111 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 5,284 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 4,338 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1999 | 7,508 kg/ha | +73.1% |
| 2000 | 7,999 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 7,192 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2002 | 8,809 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2003 | 9,608 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 11,938 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2005 | 11,536 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 13,159 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2007 | 13,095 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 13,659 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 13,696 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 11,938 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2011 | 13,369 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 12,572 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 14,623 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2014 | 13,696 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 11,938 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2016 | 12,572 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 13,239 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 13,370 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 15,414 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2020 | 10,040 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 2021 | 10,119 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 8,401 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2023 | 8,891 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 9,456 kg/ha | +6.4% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 9,456 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 10,472 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 9,456 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8,810 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Yield in Saudi Arabia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +331.4% | 3,212 kg/ha | 13,855 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +88.9% | 3,609 kg/ha | 6,817 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +73.1% | 4,338 kg/ha | 7,508 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +63.1% | 3,782 kg/ha | 6,169 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,956 kg/ha | 2,889 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,690 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 13,855 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,670 kg/ha | 5,106 kg/ha | 6,678 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,265 kg/ha | 3,782 kg/ha | 7,508 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,069 kg/ha | 7,192 kg/ha | 13,696 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,273 kg/ha | 11,938 kg/ha | 15,414 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,381 kg/ha | 8,401 kg/ha | 10,119 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Okra — yield in Saudi Arabia was 9,456 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 15,414 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,889 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for okra — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 24th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.