Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 4,351 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 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 Eastern Africa is 4,351 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 45.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 6,293 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 136 ha, in 1974.
That places Eastern Africa 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 167 ha | — |
| 1962 | 225 ha | +34.7% |
| 1963 | 230 ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 170 ha | -26.1% |
| 1965 | 213 ha | +25.3% |
| 1966 | 217 ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | -7.8% |
| 1968 | 168 ha | -16.0% |
| 1969 | 156 ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 154 ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 164 ha | +6.5% |
| 1972 | 164 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 155 ha | -5.5% |
| 1974 | 136 ha | -12.3% |
| 1975 | 341 ha | +150.7% |
| 1976 | 412 ha | +20.8% |
| 1977 | 260 ha | -36.9% |
| 1978 | 234 ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 205 ha | -12.4% |
| 1980 | 187 ha | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 171 ha | -8.6% |
| 1982 | 212 ha | +24.0% |
| 1983 | 230 ha | +8.5% |
| 1984 | 263 ha | +14.3% |
| 1985 | 292 ha | +11.0% |
| 1986 | 276 ha | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 393 ha | +42.4% |
| 1988 | 370 ha | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 496 ha | +34.1% |
| 1990 | 542 ha | +9.3% |
| 1991 | 606 ha | +11.8% |
| 1992 | 670 ha | +10.6% |
| 1993 | 760 ha | +13.4% |
| 1994 | 916 ha | +20.5% |
| 1995 | 998 ha | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 1,053 ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 1,183 ha | +12.3% |
| 1998 | 1,244 ha | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 1,274 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 1,330 ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 1,441 ha | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 1,544 ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 1,665 ha | +7.8% |
| 2004 | 1,760 ha | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 1,626 ha | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 1,747 ha | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 1,683 ha | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 1,696 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 2,114 ha | +24.6% |
| 2010 | 2,214 ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 2,501 ha | +13.0% |
| 2012 | 2,487 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 2,582 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 2,997 ha | +16.1% |
| 2015 | 3,258 ha | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 3,102 ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 4,783 ha | +54.2% |
| 2018 | 4,713 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 5,568 ha | +18.1% |
| 2020 | 6,293 ha | +13.0% |
| 2021 | 3,565 ha | -43.3% |
| 2022 | 5,333 ha | +49.6% |
| 2023 | 4,325 ha | -18.9% |
| 2024 | 4,351 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 194 ha | 156 ha | 230 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 222.5 ha | 136 ha | 412 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 289 ha | 171 ha | 496 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 924.6 ha | 542 ha | 1,274 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,661 ha | 1,330 ha | 2,114 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,420 ha | 2,214 ha | 5,568 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,773 ha | 3,565 ha | 6,293 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 21 Czechoslovakia 7,653 ha compare
- 22 Tajikistan 6,783 ha compare
- 23 Kyrgyzstan 6,753 ha compare
- 24 Poland 6,000 ha compare
- 25 Mali 5,986 ha compare
- 26 Belarus 5,573 ha compare
- 27 Malaysia 5,432 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 4,351 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,293 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 136 ha in 1974.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.