Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 17,775 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 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 Bangladesh is 17,775 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 99.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 17,775 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,307 ha, in 1975.
Bangladesh ranks 13th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,537 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,350 ha | -7.4% |
| 1963 | 2,545 ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 2,574 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 2,528 ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 2,510 ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 2,519 ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 2,493 ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 2,573 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 2,736 ha | +6.3% |
| 1971 | 2,717 ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 2,363 ha | -13.0% |
| 1973 | 2,388 ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 2,426 ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 2,307 ha | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 2,402 ha | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 2,351 ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 2,329 ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 2,378 ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 2,398 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 2,432 ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 2,555 ha | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 2,620 ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 2,630 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 2,634 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 2,830 ha | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 2,920 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 3,055 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 3,450 ha | +12.9% |
| 1990 | 3,583 ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 3,549 ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 3,539 ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 3,612 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 3,648 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 3,780 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 4,050 ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 4,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,452 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 4,860 ha | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 4,860 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,638 ha | +16.0% |
| 2004 | 5,561 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 5,670 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 6,410 ha | +13.1% |
| 2007 | 6,778 ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 7,259 ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 7,240 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 7,663 ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 7,701 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 7,872 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 8,094 ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 8,903 ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 14,094 ha | +58.3% |
| 2016 | 14,569 ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 15,138 ha | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 15,287 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 15,374 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 15,608 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 17,208 ha | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 17,278 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 17,650 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 17,775 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,514 ha | 2,350 ha | 2,574 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,440 ha | 2,307 ha | 2,736 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,752 ha | 2,398 ha | 3,450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,881 ha | 3,539 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,873 ha | 4,452 ha | 7,259 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,470 ha | 7,663 ha | 15,374 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,104 ha | 15,608 ha | 17,775 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1142 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 296.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6676 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 11.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Bangladesh was 17,775 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 17,775 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,307 ha in 1975.
- How does Bangladesh rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 13th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.