Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Denmark
Denmark: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 50 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 50 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Denmark peaked at 993 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 2007.
Denmark ranks 113th of 134 countries on this measure, 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 Denmark, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 668 ha | — |
| 1962 | 900 ha | +34.7% |
| 1963 | 993 ha | +10.3% |
| 1964 | 734 ha | -26.1% |
| 1965 | 677 ha | -7.8% |
| 1966 | 732 ha | +8.1% |
| 1967 | 665 ha | -9.2% |
| 1968 | 630 ha | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 568 ha | -9.8% |
| 1970 | 621 ha | +9.3% |
| 1971 | 519 ha | -16.4% |
| 1972 | 579 ha | +11.6% |
| 1973 | 649 ha | +12.1% |
| 1974 | 489 ha | -24.7% |
| 1975 | 402 ha | -17.8% |
| 1976 | 363 ha | -9.7% |
| 1977 | 415 ha | +14.3% |
| 1978 | 371 ha | -10.6% |
| 1979 | 376 ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 379 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 265 ha | -30.1% |
| 1982 | 110 ha | -58.5% |
| 1983 | 115 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 100 ha | -13.0% |
| 1985 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 98 ha | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 105 ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 80 ha | -23.8% |
| 1993 | 70 ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 64 ha | -8.6% |
| 1995 | 60 ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 90 ha | +50.0% |
| 1997 | 86 ha | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 85 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 81 ha | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 95 ha | +17.3% |
| 2001 | 91 ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 90 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 113 ha | +25.6% |
| 2004 | 113 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 117 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 117 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 50 ha | -57.3% |
| 2008 | 120 ha | +140.0% |
| 2009 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 100 ha | -16.7% |
| 2011 | 131 ha | +31.0% |
| 2012 | 110 ha | -16.0% |
| 2013 | 83 ha | -24.5% |
| 2014 | 70 ha | -15.7% |
| 2015 | 80 ha | +14.3% |
| 2016 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 73 ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 70 ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 60 ha | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 50 ha | -16.7% |
| 2021 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 50 ha | -16.7% |
| 2023 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 50 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 192 ha, 26% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 50 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,001 ha, 5% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Denmark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +140.0% | 50 ha | 120 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 729.67 ha | 568 ha | 993 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 478.4 ha | 363 ha | 649 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 146.4 ha | 95 ha | 379 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 81.9 ha | 60 ha | 105 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 102.6 ha | 50 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.7 ha | 60 ha | 131 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 52 ha | 50 ha | 60 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More agriculture & rural data for Denmark
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 37.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0117 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 900.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7939 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Denmark?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Denmark was 50 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 993 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 2007.
- How does Denmark rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 113th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Denmark 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.