Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 7,875 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 7,875 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.5% on the previous year and down 44.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 38,223 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 850 ha, in 1962.
That places Caribbean 22nd out of 29 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 968 ha | — |
| 1962 | 850 ha | -12.2% |
| 1963 | 906 ha | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 1,308 ha | +44.4% |
| 1965 | 1,816 ha | +38.8% |
| 1966 | 1,668 ha | -8.1% |
| 1967 | 2,211 ha | +32.6% |
| 1968 | 2,152 ha | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 1,837 ha | -14.6% |
| 1970 | 2,832 ha | +54.2% |
| 1971 | 3,535 ha | +24.8% |
| 1972 | 6,411 ha | +81.4% |
| 1973 | 7,253 ha | +13.1% |
| 1974 | 7,137 ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 10,092 ha | +41.4% |
| 1976 | 7,557 ha | -25.1% |
| 1977 | 6,515 ha | -13.8% |
| 1978 | 6,176 ha | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 5,173 ha | -16.2% |
| 1980 | 8,456 ha | +63.5% |
| 1981 | 7,099 ha | -16.0% |
| 1982 | 7,882 ha | +11.0% |
| 1983 | 9,752 ha | +23.7% |
| 1984 | 9,881 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 8,588 ha | -13.1% |
| 1986 | 9,717 ha | +13.1% |
| 1987 | 10,593 ha | +9.0% |
| 1988 | 13,107 ha | +23.7% |
| 1989 | 15,778 ha | +20.4% |
| 1990 | 15,913 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 15,914 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 8,128 ha | -48.9% |
| 1993 | 7,899 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 15,873 ha | +100.9% |
| 1995 | 15,712 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 12,932 ha | -17.7% |
| 1997 | 13,974 ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 15,372 ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 14,662 ha | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 22,081 ha | +50.6% |
| 2001 | 25,758 ha | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 28,385 ha | +10.2% |
| 2003 | 33,259 ha | +17.2% |
| 2004 | 38,223 ha | +14.9% |
| 2005 | 27,889 ha | -27.0% |
| 2006 | 20,411 ha | -26.8% |
| 2007 | 19,922 ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 19,178 ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 13,947 ha | -27.3% |
| 2010 | 11,773 ha | -15.6% |
| 2011 | 12,355 ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 12,059 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 15,083 ha | +25.1% |
| 2014 | 14,257 ha | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 13,239 ha | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 14,679 ha | +10.9% |
| 2017 | 14,225 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 11,042 ha | -22.4% |
| 2019 | 10,428 ha | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 9,182 ha | -11.9% |
| 2021 | 9,030 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 9,090 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 9,108 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 7,875 ha | -13.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,524 ha | 850 ha | 2,211 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,268 ha | 2,832 ha | 10,092 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,085 ha | 7,099 ha | 15,778 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,638 ha | 7,899 ha | 15,914 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,905 ha | 13,947 ha | 38,223 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,914 ha | 10,428 ha | 15,083 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,857 ha | 7,875 ha | 9,182 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 19 Japan 9,160 ha compare
- 20 Spain 8,620 ha compare
- 21 Czechoslovakia 7,653 ha compare
- 22 Tajikistan 6,783 ha compare
- 23 Kyrgyzstan 6,753 ha compare
- 24 Poland 6,000 ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 4,236 ha compare
- 25 Mali 5,986 ha compare
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- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Caribbean was 7,875 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 38,223 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 850 ha in 1962.
- How does Caribbean rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 22nd out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.