Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 69,334 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Americas is 69,334 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.6% on the previous year and down 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Americas peaked at 140,043 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 69,334 ha, in 2024.
That places Americas 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 73,336 ha | — |
| 1962 | 71,521 ha | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 77,558 ha | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 79,448 ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 79,011 ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 86,731 ha | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 98,103 ha | +13.1% |
| 1968 | 95,713 ha | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 90,512 ha | -5.4% |
| 1970 | 91,405 ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 93,852 ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 102,180 ha | +8.9% |
| 1973 | 94,196 ha | -7.8% |
| 1974 | 95,756 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 118,290 ha | +23.5% |
| 1976 | 98,711 ha | -16.6% |
| 1977 | 91,402 ha | -7.4% |
| 1978 | 96,946 ha | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 98,024 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 95,792 ha | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 84,941 ha | -11.3% |
| 1982 | 84,361 ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 82,867 ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 76,209 ha | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 76,992 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 75,726 ha | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 76,936 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 87,043 ha | +13.1% |
| 1989 | 90,173 ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 86,699 ha | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 81,036 ha | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 91,907 ha | +13.4% |
| 1993 | 98,622 ha | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 108,891 ha | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 109,877 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 105,447 ha | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 106,735 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 107,916 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 111,584 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 115,805 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 122,520 ha | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 128,134 ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 135,089 ha | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 140,043 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 123,748 ha | -11.6% |
| 2006 | 110,184 ha | -11.0% |
| 2007 | 109,006 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 113,580 ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 103,664 ha | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 97,093 ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 91,667 ha | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 89,002 ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 91,821 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 91,276 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 92,235 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 90,544 ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 92,853 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 86,430 ha | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 79,574 ha | -7.9% |
| 2020 | 73,676 ha | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 74,745 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 73,838 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 73,444 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 69,334 ha | -5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,548 ha | 71,521 ha | 98,103 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 98,076 ha | 91,402 ha | 118,290 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 83,104 ha | 75,726 ha | 95,792 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 100,871 ha | 81,036 ha | 111,584 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 120,177 ha | 103,664 ha | 140,043 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 90,250 ha | 79,574 ha | 97,093 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,007 ha | 69,334 ha | 74,745 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 8 Russian Federation 33,499 ha compare
- 9 Uzbekistan 33,427 ha compare
- 10 Egypt 19,532 ha compare
- 11 Thailand 19,178 ha compare
- 12 Sudan 18,527 ha compare
- 13 Bangladesh 17,775 ha compare
- 14 Kazakhstan 17,154 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.02 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 94 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 25.17 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 267.48 million An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 191.53 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532,819 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 397,122 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 25.19 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 63,435 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Americas?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Americas was 69,334 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 140,043 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 69,334 ha in 2024.
- How does Americas rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas 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.