Based on a comparison of 46 countries in 2022, India ranked the highest in okra production with 6,873,000 tonnes followed by Nigeria and Mali. On the other end of the scale was Gabon with 20.5 tonnes, Belize with 25.0 tonnes and Djibouti with 32.1 tonnes.
Total okra production reached 11,232,656 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 5.9 % more than in the previous year and 13.4 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total okra production reached an all time high of 11,232,656 tonnes in 2022 and an all time low of 1,107,430 tonnes in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 3.87 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, India, accounted for 61.2 % of okra production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 85.0 % share while the ten largest countries some 95.0 % in 2022.
Data for more countries are available at Okra Production indicator page.
| Okra Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Bangladesh | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61,725 | 56,145 | 54,183 | 56,000 | ||
| Benin | tonnes | 42,244 | 40,403 | 63,264 | 46,122 | 55,125 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | tonnes | 78,763 | 69,060 | 75,253 | 77,348 | 75,546 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | tonnes | 56,733 | 54,051 | 92,429 | 61,035 | 87,400 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | tonnes | 66,360 | 66,431 | 66,478 | 67,450 | 68,337 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | tonnes | 5,849,000 | 6,003,000 | 6,095,000 | 6,176,000 | 6,355,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | tonnes | 46,071 | 58,422 | 46,555 | 59,353 | 93,719 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | tonnes | 153,000 | 158,000 | 176,055 | 181,337 | 188,736 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | tonnes | 49,057 | 53,937 | 52,318 | 58,204 | 57,861 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | tonnes | 241,033 | 254,545 | 277,673 | 512,855 | 659,809 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | tonnes | 29,602 | 33,130 | 33,145 | 42,207 | 40,223 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | tonnes | 1,461,600 | 1,561,900 | 1,692,881 | 1,751,217 | 1,758,180 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | tonnes | 122,157 | 121,484 | 120,637 | 124,779 | 281,469 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | tonnes | 30,529 | 31,379 | 31,277 | 31,708 | 32,632 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 287,300 | 293,046 | 301,711 | 294,019 | 296,259 |
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