Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Austria
Austria: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 320 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Austria, 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 Austria is 320 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Austria peaked at 2,581 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 320 ha, in 2024.
Austria ranks 79th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Austria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,602 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,727 ha | +7.8% |
| 1963 | 2,404 ha | +39.2% |
| 1964 | 1,771 ha | -26.3% |
| 1965 | 1,890 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 2,262 ha | +19.7% |
| 1967 | 2,581 ha | +14.1% |
| 1968 | 2,521 ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 2,115 ha | -16.1% |
| 1970 | 2,063 ha | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 2,107 ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 1,903 ha | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 1,991 ha | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 1,946 ha | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 1,950 ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 1,875 ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 2,164 ha | +15.4% |
| 1978 | 1,832 ha | -15.3% |
| 1979 | 1,897 ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 1,735 ha | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 1,508 ha | -13.1% |
| 1982 | 1,322 ha | -12.3% |
| 1983 | 570 ha | -56.9% |
| 1984 | 804 ha | +41.1% |
| 1985 | 868 ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 945 ha | +8.9% |
| 1987 | 875 ha | -7.4% |
| 1988 | 805 ha | -8.0% |
| 1989 | 748 ha | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 711 ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 699 ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 714 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 632 ha | -11.5% |
| 1994 | 597 ha | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 656 ha | +9.9% |
| 1996 | 596 ha | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 571 ha | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 482 ha | -15.6% |
| 1999 | 559 ha | +16.0% |
| 2000 | 575 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 579 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 558 ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 554 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 492 ha | -11.2% |
| 2005 | 427 ha | -13.2% |
| 2006 | 408 ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 405 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 365 ha | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 426 ha | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 411 ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 396 ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 408 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 367 ha | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 397 ha | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 402 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 373 ha | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 362 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 340 ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 360 ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 360 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 340 ha | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 340 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 320 ha | -5.9% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 320 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 192 ha, 1.7× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Austria's 320 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,001 ha, 32% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Austria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | -56.9% | 1,322 ha | 570 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,097 ha | 1,602 ha | 2,581 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,973 ha | 1,832 ha | 2,164 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,018 ha | 570 ha | 1,735 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 621.7 ha | 482 ha | 714 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 478.9 ha | 365 ha | 579 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 381.6 ha | 340 ha | 411 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 346 ha | 320 ha | 370 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Austria?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Austria was 320 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,581 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 320 ha in 2024.
- How does Austria rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Austria ranks 79th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Austria 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.