Okra Consumption by Country

India reported 6,520,506 tonnes of okra food supply in 2023, 71.6 percent of the listed total. Nigeria came second at 1,493,551 tonnes and Pakistan third at 173,896. Per person, Guyana led at 52.49 grams a day. India added 259,618 tonnes in the latest year, while Iraq shed 51,099. All figures count food available for human consumption, not actual intake.

India Dominates Okra Supply

India led the 2023 table with 6,520,506 tonnes, 4.37 times Nigeria's 1,493,551 tonnes. Pakistan ranked third at 173,896 tonnes, followed by Bangladesh at 96,018 and Egypt at 86,181. The top three countries accounted for 90.0 percent of the 9,101,423-tonne listed total, rising to 92.0 percent for the top five. Ivory Coast, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Cameroon and the United States completed the top ten. Of the 57 countries in the file, 54 reported a 2023 value.

India's Gain Outweighs Iraq's Drop

Across the 53 countries with reported values in both 2022 and 2023, supply grew 2.6 percent, from 8,869,917 tonnes, a gain of 231,506. India added 259,618 tonnes, up 4.1 percent, exceeding the net rise alone. Iraq shed 51,099 tonnes, down 63.9 percent from 79,959. Nigeria added 24,289 tonnes. Ivory Coast added 19,369 tonnes, up 31.8 percent. Mexico shed 15,710 tonnes, down 45.8 percent. Niger added 13,675 tonnes, up 57.2 percent. Bangladesh added 10,792 tonnes, while Egypt shed 8,291. Sierra Leone first reported 0.15 tonnes in 2023; all other comparison countries reported values in both years.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	India IN	6.52M	12.42
2	Nigeria NG	1.49M	17.96
3	Pakistan PK	173.9K	1.92
4	Bangladesh BD	96.02K	1.53
5	Egypt EG	86.18K	2.06
6	Ivory Coast CI	80.37K	7.06
7	Sri Lanka LK	70.34K	8.39
8	Ghana GH	62.61K	5.08
9	Cameroon CM	59.25K	5.72
10	United States US	46.79K	0.37
11	Malaysia MY	44.65K	3.48
12	Tanzania TZ	43.88K	1.8
13	Niger NE	37.58K	3.94
14	Iraq IQ	28.86K	2.05
15	Saudi Arabia SA	25.27K	2.08
16	Türkiye TR	24.75K	0.78
17	Yemen YE	22.42K	1.56
18	Philippines PH	21.87K	0.52
19	Senegal SN	19.25K	2.92
20	Burkina Faso BF	19.03K	2.26
21	Mexico MX	18.58K	0.39
22	Zimbabwe ZW	17.2K	2.88
23	Guyana GY	15.83K	52.49
24	Syria SY	10.11K	1.17
25	Qatar QA	9.26K	8.52
26	Algeria DZ	7.3K	0.43
27	Dominican Republic DO	6.91K	1.67
28	Oman OM	6.83K	3.71
29	Guatemala GT	5.94K	0.9
30	Jordan JO	5.75K	1.38
31	Jamaica JM	5.58K	5.38
32	Fiji FJ	4.23K	12.54
33	Malawi MW	2.55K	0.33
34	Kuwait KW	1.74K	0.99
35	Mauritius MU	1.54K	3.32
36	Congo CG	1.25K	0.55
37	Lebanon LB	875.09	0.42
38	Trinidad and Tobago TT	729.72	1.33
39	Bahrain BH	660.25	1.15
40	Barbados BB	604.15	5.86
41	Bahamas BS	420.21	2.88
42	United Arab Emirates AE	291.58	0.08
43	Antigua and Barbuda AG	45.05	1.32
44	Belize BZ	38.33	0.26
45	Djibouti DJ	30.86	0.07
46	Bhutan BT	24.02	0.08
47	Gabon GA	20.4	0.02
48	Rwanda RW	10.03	0
49	DR Congo CD	6.31	0
50	Nauru NR	0.27	0.06
51	Sierra Leone SL	0.15	0
52	Belarus BY	0	0
53	Marshall Islands MH	0	0
54	Russia RU	0	0

India Drives the Five-Year Increase

Among the 42 countries with reported values in both 2019 and 2023, supply grew 11.1 percent, from 8,046,588 tonnes, a gain of 890,746. India added 893,775 tonnes, up 15.9 percent from 5,626,731, more than the net rise. Pakistan added 101,982 tonnes, more than doubling from 71,914. Ivory Coast shed 64,705 tonnes, down 44.6 percent. Niger shed 45,505 tonnes, down 54.8 percent. Egypt added 37,363 tonnes, up 76.5 percent. Twelve countries first reported values in the window, adding 164,090 tonnes to the 2023 total, while Afghanistan reported 4.71 tonnes in 2019 with no later values.

Guyana Leads Per Person

Guyana's 52.49 grams a day topped the per-person table, ahead of Nigeria at 17.96 and Fiji at 12.54. India followed at 12.42 grams. Qatar sat at 8.52 grams and Sri Lanka at 8.39. Pakistan, third by volume at 173,896 tonnes, sat at 1.92 grams per person.

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#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	India	5.63M	11.1	5.79M	11.31	5.89M	11.41	6.26M	12.03	6.52M	12.42
2	Nigeria	1.47M	19.2	1.5M	19.25	1.42M	17.76	1.47M	18.04	1.49M	17.96
3	Pakistan	71.91K	0.85	162.22K	1.89	151.83K	1.74	177.88K	2	173.9K	1.92
4	Bangladesh	-	-	55.98K	0.92	69.99K	1.14	85.23K	1.38	96.02K	1.53
5	Egypt	48.82K	1.24	69.91K	1.75	66.25K	1.64	94.47K	2.3	86.18K	2.06
6	Ivory Coast	145.07K	14.1	150.99K	14.31	146.21K	13.51	61K	5.5	80.37K	7.06
7	Sri Lanka	72.23K	8.83	81.44K	9.89	73.75K	8.9	73.48K	8.82	70.34K	8.39
8	Ghana	60.58K	5.31	61.42K	5.28	61.98K	5.22	62.17K	5.14	62.61K	5.08
9	Cameroon	68.2K	7.33	66.73K	6.98	61.76K	6.29	59.4K	5.89	59.25K	5.72
10	United States	42.96K	0.35	42.36K	0.34	40.69K	0.33	45.39K	0.36	46.79K	0.37
11	Malaysia	46.56K	3.81	46.29K	3.74	48.75K	3.9	49.31K	3.89	44.65K	3.48
12	Tanzania	-	-	-	-	-	-	43.98K	1.86	43.88K	1.8
13	Niger	83.08K	9.92	112.09K	12.95	19.18K	2.14	23.9K	2.59	37.58K	3.94
14	Iraq	53.42K	4.14	84.35K	6.4	84.06K	6.23	79.96K	5.8	28.86K	2.05
15	Saudi Arabia	21.79K	1.96	21.13K	1.87	22.84K	2	23.12K	1.97	25.27K	2.08
16	Türkiye	26.71K	0.86	34.56K	1.1	27.56K	0.87	25.91K	0.82	24.75K	0.78
17	Yemen	21.67K	1.69	20.59K	1.56	27.28K	2.01	25.34K	1.82	22.42K	1.56
18	Philippines	17.36K	0.43	17.86K	0.44	23.21K	0.56	23.44K	0.56	21.87K	0.52
19	Senegal	28.16K	4.72	18.49K	3.02	17K	2.7	17.2K	2.67	19.25K	2.92
20	Burkina Faso	18.18K	2.38	18.65K	2.38	19.26K	2.4	19.08K	2.32	19.03K	2.26
21	Mexico	38.08K	0.83	36.29K	0.78	34.96K	0.75	34.29K	0.73	18.58K	0.39
22	Zimbabwe	-	-	-	-	-	-	17.8K	3.03	17.2K	2.88
23	Guyana	14.39K	48.83	14.94K	50.7	14.93K	50.14	14.91K	49.73	15.83K	52.49
24	Syria	9.9K	1.33	10.9K	1.42	14.4K	1.82	14.37K	1.75	10.11K	1.17
25	Qatar	3.59K	3.51	8.88K	8.67	3.48K	3.39	9.45K	8.95	9.26K	8.52
26	Algeria	7.8K	0.49	7.5K	0.47	7.3K	0.45	7K	0.42	7.3K	0.43
27	Dominican Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.93K	1.2	6.91K	1.67
28	Oman	14.82K	8.84	11.66K	7.06	12K	7.3	14.67K	8.5	6.83K	3.71
29	Guatemala	6.21K	0.99	6.17K	0.97	5.99K	0.93	5.94K	0.91	5.94K	0.9
30	Jordan	4.95K	1.27	3.64K	0.92	7.73K	1.91	5.1K	1.24	5.75K	1.38
31	Jamaica	6.07K	5.89	6.15K	5.95	6.23K	6.02	6.24K	6.02	5.58K	5.38
32	Fiji	2.43K	7.28	4.1K	12.26	5.42K	16.19	4.57K	13.62	4.23K	12.54
33	Malawi	2.45K	0.35	2.31K	0.32	2.75K	0.38	2.49K	0.33	2.55K	0.33
34	Kuwait	9.08K	5.6	6.94K	4.32	4.49K	2.82	1.22K	0.73	1.74K	0.99
35	Mauritius	1.16K	2.48	1.15K	2.45	1.22K	2.61	1.26K	2.7	1.54K	3.32
36	Congo	1.27K	0.62	1.26K	0.6	1.26K	0.58	1.25K	0.57	1.25K	0.55
37	Lebanon	769.47	0.36	820	0.39	958.86	0.46	723.87	0.35	875.09	0.42
38	Trinidad and Tobago	964.8	1.78	781.6	1.45	1.22K	2.25	1.13K	2.06	729.72	1.33
39	Bahrain	53.2	0.1	54.15	0.1	60.8	0.11	630.8	1.13	660.25	1.15
40	Barbados	430.39	4.19	342.55	3.33	212.71	2.07	573.2	5.56	604.15	5.86
41	Bahamas	401.15	2.78	402.83	2.79	413.56	2.86	419.54	2.89	420.21	2.88
42	United Arab Emirates	447.49	0.13	420.8	0.12	756.5	0.21	429.56	0.11	291.58	0.08
43	Antigua and Barbuda	-	-	28.7	0.86	18.45	0.55	10.61	0.31	45.05	1.32
44	Belize	22.77	0.16	13.9	0.1	34.34	0.24	19.56	0.13	38.33	0.26
45	Djibouti	30.48	0.08	31.94	0.08	30.83	0.08	29.78	0.07	30.86	0.07
46	Bhutan	-	-	22.7	0.08	24.41	0.09	23.55	0.08	24.02	0.08
47	Gabon	20.35	0.02	20.38	0.02	20.47	0.02	20.43	0.02	20.4	0.02
48	Rwanda	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	10.03	0
49	DR Congo	-	-	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	6.31	0
50	Nauru	0.23	0.05	0.24	0.06	0.26	0.06	0.26	0.06	0.27	0.06
51	Sierra Leone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.15	0
52	Belarus	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.28	0	0	0
53	Marshall Islands	-	-	-	-	0.29	0.02	0	0	0	0
54	Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	14.97	0	0	0
55	Guinea	-	-	1.3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
56	Afghanistan	4.71	0	1.15	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
57	Liberia	-	-	0	0	0.48	0	-	-	-	-

Methodology

For okra, tonnage follows element 5141 and daily grams follow element 665 across 2019 to 2023. A change is measured from the earlier year; none is stated from a zero base. Only countries present in both compared years enter a change. A reported zero is not a blank, and blanks never stand in for zeros. The file holds 57 countries after removing World, regional and aggregate rows; 54 carry 2023 values. The numbers describe food available for human consumption. Source: FAO FAOSTAT, compiled by StatsGeo.