Japan vs South America: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- South America
How they compare
Japan currently reports 9,160 ha against 7,888 ha in South America, a difference of 1,272 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 19th and South America ranks 21st of 134 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,333 ha | 2,073 ha | 31,261 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 27,660 ha | 2,542 ha | 25,118 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 23,490 ha | 3,601 ha | 19,889 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 17,720 ha | 4,254 ha | 13,466 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 13,640 ha | 5,488 ha | 8,152 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 11,150 ha | 7,229 ha | 3,921 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 9,692 ha | 7,816 ha | 1,876 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested, Japan or South America?
- Japan, at 9,160 ha against 7,888 ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested between Japan and South America?
- 1,272 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and South America rank globally for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 19th and South America ranks 21st of 134 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.