Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 1.28 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in China, mainland stood at 1.28 million ha.
The figure is up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 1.28 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 240,000 ha, in 1970.
China, mainland ranks 2nd 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 China, mainland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 485,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 480,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 430,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 1964 | 385,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 1965 | 385,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 370,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 370,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 380,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 380,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 240,000 ha | -36.8% |
| 1971 | 270,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 265,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 295,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 1974 | 285,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 295,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 295,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 310,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 353,000 ha | +13.9% |
| 1979 | 345,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 340,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 370,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 410,000 ha | +10.8% |
| 1983 | 420,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 424,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 430,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 430,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 435,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 440,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 445,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 450,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 457,115 ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 430,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 540,000 ha | +25.6% |
| 1994 | 620,000 ha | +14.8% |
| 1995 | 660,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 750,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1997 | 850,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1998 | 950,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 1.05 million ha | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 1.16 million ha | +10.5% |
| 2001 | 1.15 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 1.10 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 1.05 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 1.00 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 1.05 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 1.00 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 1.10 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 1.01 million ha | -8.6% |
| 2009 | 1.03 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 1.07 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 1.11 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 1.16 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 1.16 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1.18 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.19 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1.21 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 1.23 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.24 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.26 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 1.28 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1.28 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.27 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1.28 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1.28 million ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 407,222 ha | 370,000 ha | 485,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 295,300 ha | 240,000 ha | 353,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 414,400 ha | 340,000 ha | 445,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 675,712 ha | 430,000 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.07 million ha | 1.00 million ha | 1.16 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.18 million ha | 1.07 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.28 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in China, mainland?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in China, mainland was 1.28 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.28 million ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 240,000 ha in 1970.
- How does China, mainland rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.