Japan vs Southern Europe: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Southern Europe currently reports 21,515 ha against 9,160 ha in Japan, a difference of 12,355 ha.
That makes Southern Europe's figure about 2.3 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 19th and Southern Europe ranks 19th of 134 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Southern Europe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,333 ha | 17,768 ha | 15,565 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 27,660 ha | 25,441 ha | 2,219 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 23,490 ha | 31,364 ha | 7,874 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1990s | 17,720 ha | 22,678 ha | 4,958 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 13,640 ha | 24,139 ha | 10,499 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2010s | 11,150 ha | 24,369 ha | 13,219 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2020s | 9,692 ha | 20,999 ha | 11,307 ha | Southern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested, Japan or Southern Europe?
- Southern Europe, at 21,515 ha against 9,160 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested between Japan and Southern Europe?
- 12,355 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Southern Europe rank globally for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 19th and Southern Europe ranks 19th 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.