The invention discloses a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode plate and a sodium ion battery. The molecular formula of the positive electrode active material is Na<1-x>Cu<h>Fe<k>Mn<1>M<m>O<2y>, in the molecular formula, m is a transition metal site doping element, M is one or more of Li, Be, B, Mg, Al, K, Ca, Ti, Co, Ni, Zn, Ga, Sr, Y, Nb, Mo, In, Sn and Ba, 0<x<=0.33, 0<h<=0.24, 0<=k<=0.32, 0<l <=0.68, 0<=m<0.1, h+k+l+m=1 and 0<=y<0.2. The water content of the positive electrode active material is 6000 ppm or less. By adopting the positive electrode active material provided by the invention, the sodium ion battery has relatively high initial capacity, safety performance and cycle performance at the same time.