Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 4,950 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 4,950 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 19.9% on the previous year and down 57.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 34,666 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 560 ha, in 1961.
That places Cuba 28th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 560 ha | — |
| 1962 | 560 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 564 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 971 ha | +72.2% |
| 1965 | 1,485 ha | +52.9% |
| 1966 | 1,196 ha | -19.5% |
| 1967 | 1,530 ha | +27.9% |
| 1968 | 1,274 ha | -16.7% |
| 1969 | 974 ha | -23.5% |
| 1970 | 1,709 ha | +75.5% |
| 1971 | 2,695 ha | +57.7% |
| 1972 | 5,428 ha | +101.4% |
| 1973 | 6,262 ha | +15.4% |
| 1974 | 6,106 ha | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 8,912 ha | +46.0% |
| 1976 | 6,269 ha | -29.7% |
| 1977 | 5,200 ha | -17.1% |
| 1978 | 4,918 ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 3,852 ha | -21.7% |
| 1980 | 6,965 ha | +80.8% |
| 1981 | 5,384 ha | -22.7% |
| 1982 | 6,136 ha | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 7,717 ha | +25.8% |
| 1984 | 8,366 ha | +8.4% |
| 1985 | 6,913 ha | -17.4% |
| 1986 | 7,786 ha | +12.6% |
| 1987 | 8,655 ha | +11.2% |
| 1988 | 11,329 ha | +30.9% |
| 1989 | 14,176 ha | +25.1% |
| 1990 | 14,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6,098 ha | -56.4% |
| 1993 | 5,741 ha | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 13,368 ha | +132.9% |
| 1995 | 12,928 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 10,221 ha | -20.9% |
| 1997 | 11,523 ha | +12.7% |
| 1998 | 12,745 ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 12,007 ha | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 19,326 ha | +61.0% |
| 2001 | 22,756 ha | +17.7% |
| 2002 | 25,473 ha | +11.9% |
| 2003 | 29,994 ha | +17.7% |
| 2004 | 34,666 ha | +15.6% |
| 2005 | 25,081 ha | -27.6% |
| 2006 | 17,550 ha | -30.0% |
| 2007 | 17,527 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 16,794 ha | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 11,377 ha | -32.3% |
| 2010 | 9,662 ha | -15.1% |
| 2011 | 9,752 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 9,549 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 12,429 ha | +30.2% |
| 2014 | 11,738 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 10,615 ha | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 11,773 ha | +10.9% |
| 2017 | 11,375 ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 8,208 ha | -27.8% |
| 2019 | 7,574 ha | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 6,565 ha | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 6,295 ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 6,251 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 6,181 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 4,950 ha | -19.9% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 4,950 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,735 ha, 2.9× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 4,950 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 198 ha, 25.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,013 ha | 560 ha | 1,530 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,135 ha | 1,709 ha | 8,912 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,343 ha | 5,384 ha | 14,176 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,263 ha | 5,741 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,054 ha | 11,377 ha | 34,666 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,268 ha | 7,574 ha | 12,429 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,048 ha | 4,950 ha | 6,565 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Cuba?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Cuba was 4,950 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 34,666 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 560 ha in 1961.
- How does Cuba rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 28th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cuba 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.