Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in China
China: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 1.28 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 1.28 million ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in China peaked at 1.28 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 243,107 ha, in 1970.
That places China 1st out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 486,722 ha | — |
| 1962 | 481,720 ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 431,851 ha | -10.4% |
| 1964 | 386,752 ha | -10.4% |
| 1965 | 386,922 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 372,020 ha | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 372,439 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 382,172 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 382,711 ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 243,107 ha | -36.5% |
| 1971 | 273,043 ha | +12.3% |
| 1972 | 268,048 ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 297,846 ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 288,453 ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 298,404 ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 299,136 ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 314,427 ha | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 357,089 ha | +13.6% |
| 1979 | 349,764 ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 345,653 ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 375,212 ha | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 415,359 ha | +10.7% |
| 1983 | 424,669 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 428,685 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 434,479 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 434,494 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 439,774 ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 444,199 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 448,516 ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 453,311 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 460,620 ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 433,382 ha | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 543,252 ha | +25.4% |
| 1994 | 622,887 ha | +14.7% |
| 1995 | 663,223 ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 752,991 ha | +13.5% |
| 1997 | 853,359 ha | +13.3% |
| 1998 | 954,013 ha | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 1.05 million ha | +10.4% |
| 2000 | 1.16 million ha | +10.4% |
| 2001 | 1.15 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 1.10 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 1.05 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 1.00 million ha | -4.7% |
| 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 | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 1.04 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 | 1.17 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% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 1.28 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,735 ha, 737.1× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- China's 1.28 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,426 ha, 527.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | -36.5% | 382,711 ha | 243,107 ha |
| 1993 | +25.4% | 433,382 ha | 543,252 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 409,257 ha | 372,020 ha | 486,722 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 298,932 ha | 243,107 ha | 357,089 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 419,104 ha | 345,653 ha | 448,516 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 679,066 ha | 433,382 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 |
Countries ranked near China
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in China?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in China 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?
- The highest recorded value was 1.28 million ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 243,107 ha in 1970.
- How does China rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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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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.