Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 390,878 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 390,878 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.9% on the previous year and up 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Africa peaked at 390,878 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12,535 ha, in 1967.
That places Africa 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,226 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,014 ha | +21.1% |
| 1963 | 15,812 ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 15,926 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 14,670 ha | -7.9% |
| 1966 | 14,173 ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 12,535 ha | -11.6% |
| 1968 | 13,815 ha | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 13,723 ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 13,411 ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 13,836 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 13,856 ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 16,098 ha | +16.2% |
| 1974 | 15,634 ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 18,091 ha | +15.7% |
| 1976 | 18,265 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 18,705 ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 19,155 ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 20,930 ha | +9.3% |
| 1980 | 23,347 ha | +11.5% |
| 1981 | 24,093 ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 23,686 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 23,635 ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 23,013 ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 24,422 ha | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 26,216 ha | +7.3% |
| 1987 | 25,908 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 24,205 ha | -6.6% |
| 1989 | 26,032 ha | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 55,826 ha | +114.5% |
| 1991 | 67,399 ha | +20.7% |
| 1992 | 75,389 ha | +11.9% |
| 1993 | 84,617 ha | +12.2% |
| 1994 | 97,265 ha | +14.9% |
| 1995 | 107,364 ha | +10.4% |
| 1996 | 120,217 ha | +12.0% |
| 1997 | 131,622 ha | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 147,946 ha | +12.4% |
| 1999 | 152,891 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 155,448 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 151,797 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 147,771 ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 175,988 ha | +19.1% |
| 2004 | 161,525 ha | -8.2% |
| 2005 | 134,792 ha | -16.6% |
| 2006 | 156,674 ha | +16.2% |
| 2007 | 162,142 ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 206,265 ha | +27.2% |
| 2009 | 223,835 ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 238,301 ha | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 255,975 ha | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 256,028 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 249,698 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 294,728 ha | +18.0% |
| 2015 | 323,560 ha | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 372,325 ha | +15.1% |
| 2017 | 321,248 ha | -13.7% |
| 2018 | 337,185 ha | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 356,870 ha | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 343,957 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 342,970 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 351,903 ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 346,229 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 390,878 ha | +12.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,433 ha | 12,535 ha | 16,014 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,798 ha | 13,411 ha | 20,930 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,456 ha | 23,013 ha | 26,216 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 104,054 ha | 55,826 ha | 152,891 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 167,624 ha | 134,792 ha | 223,835 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 300,592 ha | 238,301 ha | 372,325 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 355,187 ha | 342,970 ha | 390,878 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Africa?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Africa was 390,878 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 390,878 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,535 ha in 1967.
- How does Africa rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.