Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 3,578 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Australia stood at 3,578 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.7% on the previous year and up 388.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Australia peaked at 3,578 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 409 ha, in 2008.
Australia ranks 34th of 134 countries on this measure, 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 Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 592 ha | — |
| 1962 | 607 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 698 ha | +15.0% |
| 1964 | 679 ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 643 ha | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 774 ha | +20.4% |
| 1967 | 804 ha | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 889 ha | +10.6% |
| 1969 | 852 ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 963 ha | +13.0% |
| 1971 | 934 ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 1,093 ha | +17.0% |
| 1973 | 1,089 ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 1,104 ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 1,014 ha | -8.2% |
| 1976 | 1,090 ha | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 1,168 ha | +7.2% |
| 1978 | 1,224 ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 1,293 ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 1,320 ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 1,389 ha | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 1,287 ha | -7.3% |
| 1983 | 1,199 ha | -6.8% |
| 1984 | 1,220 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 1,220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,259 ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 1,272 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 1,241 ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 1,470 ha | +18.5% |
| 1990 | 1,383 ha | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 1,138 ha | -17.7% |
| 1992 | 1,094 ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 1,063 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 1,020 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 1,106 ha | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 1,002 ha | -9.4% |
| 1998 | 1,139 ha | +13.7% |
| 1999 | 920 ha | -19.2% |
| 2000 | 1,116 ha | +21.3% |
| 2001 | 1,205 ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 1,231 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 1,010 ha | -18.0% |
| 2004 | 1,029 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 1,200 ha | +16.6% |
| 2006 | 682 ha | -43.2% |
| 2007 | 577 ha | -15.4% |
| 2008 | 409 ha | -29.1% |
| 2009 | 457 ha | +11.7% |
| 2010 | 769 ha | +68.3% |
| 2011 | 782 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 810 ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 837 ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 733 ha | -12.4% |
| 2015 | 1,120 ha | +52.8% |
| 2016 | 1,215 ha | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 1,349 ha | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 1,497 ha | +11.0% |
| 2019 | 1,650 ha | +10.2% |
| 2020 | 2,267 ha | +37.4% |
| 2021 | 3,035 ha | +33.9% |
| 2022 | 3,032 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 3,176 ha | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 3,578 ha | +12.7% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 3,578 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 192 ha, 18.6× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Australia's 3,578 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,426 ha, 1.5× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 726.44 ha | 592 ha | 889 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,097 ha | 934 ha | 1,293 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,288 ha | 1,199 ha | 1,470 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,086 ha | 920 ha | 1,383 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 891.6 ha | 409 ha | 1,231 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,076 ha | 733 ha | 1,650 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,018 ha | 2,267 ha | 3,578 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Australia?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Australia was 3,578 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,578 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 409 ha in 2008.
- How does Australia rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 34th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 388.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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.