Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 17,376 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Central America, 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 Central America is 17,376 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 15.9% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Central America peaked at 28,846 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 5,778 ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 20th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,778 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,878 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 5,989 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 6,089 ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 6,199 ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,710 ha | +8.2% |
| 1968 | 7,212 ha | +7.5% |
| 1969 | 7,722 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 8,222 ha | +6.5% |
| 1971 | 13,424 ha | +63.3% |
| 1972 | 17,767 ha | +32.4% |
| 1973 | 11,768 ha | -33.8% |
| 1974 | 10,437 ha | -11.3% |
| 1975 | 10,882 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 13,175 ha | +21.1% |
| 1977 | 7,254 ha | -44.9% |
| 1978 | 8,305 ha | +14.5% |
| 1979 | 12,767 ha | +53.7% |
| 1980 | 11,819 ha | -7.4% |
| 1981 | 10,705 ha | -9.4% |
| 1982 | 10,618 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 13,555 ha | +27.7% |
| 1984 | 17,530 ha | +29.3% |
| 1985 | 14,851 ha | -15.3% |
| 1986 | 13,882 ha | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 14,123 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 18,181 ha | +28.7% |
| 1989 | 16,601 ha | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 16,967 ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 16,415 ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 16,560 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 17,038 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 15,940 ha | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 16,390 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 20,240 ha | +23.5% |
| 1997 | 20,226 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 19,150 ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 20,797 ha | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 19,876 ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 21,797 ha | +9.7% |
| 2002 | 20,565 ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 22,078 ha | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 23,013 ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 21,492 ha | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 20,675 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 19,884 ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 28,846 ha | +45.1% |
| 2009 | 20,878 ha | -27.6% |
| 2010 | 21,532 ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 19,964 ha | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 18,218 ha | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 18,400 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 18,219 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 19,264 ha | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 19,997 ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 21,624 ha | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 21,032 ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 17,697 ha | -15.9% |
| 2020 | 17,744 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 19,835 ha | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 20,373 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 20,653 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 17,376 ha | -15.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,420 ha | 5,778 ha | 7,722 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,400 ha | 7,254 ha | 17,767 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,186 ha | 10,618 ha | 18,181 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,972 ha | 15,940 ha | 20,797 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,910 ha | 19,876 ha | 28,846 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,595 ha | 17,697 ha | 21,624 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,196 ha | 17,376 ha | 20,653 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 17 Iraq 14,643 ha compare
- 18 Azerbaijan 9,204 ha compare
- 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
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested 167,359 ha (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight 4 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 12,410 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Central America?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Central America was 17,376 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 28,846 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,778 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.