Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 2,282 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 2,282 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Canada peaked at 5,076 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,902 ha, in 2008.
Canada ranks 46th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,164 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,148 ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 3,974 ha | +26.2% |
| 1964 | 4,820 ha | +21.3% |
| 1965 | 4,795 ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 4,549 ha | -5.1% |
| 1967 | 3,649 ha | -19.8% |
| 1968 | 4,464 ha | +22.3% |
| 1969 | 4,225 ha | -5.4% |
| 1970 | 4,484 ha | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 3,808 ha | -15.1% |
| 1972 | 3,521 ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 3,901 ha | +10.8% |
| 1974 | 3,787 ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 3,801 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 3,694 ha | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 3,950 ha | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 3,965 ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 3,786 ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 3,481 ha | -8.1% |
| 1981 | 3,654 ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 3,562 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 3,268 ha | -8.3% |
| 1984 | 3,507 ha | +7.3% |
| 1985 | 3,254 ha | -7.2% |
| 1986 | 3,517 ha | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 3,793 ha | +7.8% |
| 1988 | 3,542 ha | -6.6% |
| 1989 | 3,423 ha | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 3,064 ha | -10.5% |
| 1991 | 2,748 ha | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 2,609 ha | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 2,621 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 2,680 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 2,778 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 2,914 ha | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 2,961 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 3,220 ha | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 3,898 ha | +21.1% |
| 2000 | 4,717 ha | +21.0% |
| 2001 | 5,076 ha | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 4,690 ha | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 4,314 ha | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 4,065 ha | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 3,136 ha | -22.9% |
| 2006 | 2,529 ha | -19.4% |
| 2007 | 2,167 ha | -14.3% |
| 2008 | 1,902 ha | -12.2% |
| 2009 | 2,587 ha | +36.0% |
| 2010 | 2,364 ha | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 2,094 ha | -11.4% |
| 2012 | 2,381 ha | +13.7% |
| 2013 | 2,467 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 2,498 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 2,684 ha | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 2,769 ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 2,369 ha | -14.4% |
| 2018 | 2,354 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 2,432 ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 2,305 ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 2,420 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 2,407 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,342 ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 2,282 ha | -2.6% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 2,282 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 192 ha, 11.9× the median. (52 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,088 ha | 3,148 ha | 4,820 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,870 ha | 3,521 ha | 4,484 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,500 ha | 3,254 ha | 3,793 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,949 ha | 2,609 ha | 3,898 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,518 ha | 1,902 ha | 5,076 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,441 ha | 2,094 ha | 2,769 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,351 ha | 2,282 ha | 2,420 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Canada?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Canada was 2,282 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 5,076 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,902 ha in 2008.
- How does Canada rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 46th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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.