Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 1.30 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 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 Asia is 1.30 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 1.30 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 285,471 ha, in 1970.
Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 520,383 ha | — |
| 1962 | 518,489 ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 471,682 ha | -9.0% |
| 1964 | 428,331 ha | -9.2% |
| 1965 | 428,424 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 414,862 ha | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 414,295 ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 423,467 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 423,845 ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 285,471 ha | -32.6% |
| 1971 | 314,552 ha | +10.2% |
| 1972 | 309,213 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 336,834 ha | +8.9% |
| 1974 | 326,846 ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 331,646 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 333,646 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 347,646 ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 390,085 ha | +12.2% |
| 1979 | 383,389 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 379,194 ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 408,813 ha | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 448,658 ha | +9.7% |
| 1983 | 457,112 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 460,839 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 465,871 ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 465,539 ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 472,470 ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 477,176 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 481,264 ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 485,334 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 494,010 ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 465,601 ha | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 575,796 ha | +23.7% |
| 1994 | 655,197 ha | +13.8% |
| 1995 | 693,891 ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 782,675 ha | +12.8% |
| 1997 | 881,494 ha | +12.6% |
| 1998 | 983,307 ha | +11.6% |
| 1999 | 1.08 million ha | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 1.19 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 1.18 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 1.13 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 1.08 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 1.03 million ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 1.08 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 1.03 million ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 1.13 million ha | +9.6% |
| 2008 | 1.03 million ha | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 1.06 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 1.10 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 1.14 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 1.18 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 1.19 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1.21 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.22 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1.24 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 1.25 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.26 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.28 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1.30 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1.30 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.30 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1.30 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1.30 million ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 449,309 ha | 414,295 ha | 520,383 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 335,933 ha | 285,471 ha | 390,085 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 451,694 ha | 379,194 ha | 481,264 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 710,022 ha | 465,601 ha | 1.08 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.09 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.21 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.30 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 1.30 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.30 million ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 285,471 ha in 1970.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.