Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 100,813 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Eastern Europe stood at 100,813 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and down 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Eastern Europe peaked at 285,816 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 100,813 ha, in 2024.
That places Eastern Europe 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 263,209 ha | — |
| 1962 | 265,958 ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 281,346 ha | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 279,402 ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 261,153 ha | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 267,118 ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 269,961 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 276,764 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 279,356 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 285,816 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 278,565 ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 277,877 ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 281,900 ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 280,434 ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 277,846 ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 262,154 ha | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 263,551 ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 265,862 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 278,157 ha | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 266,797 ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 273,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 248,624 ha | -9.0% |
| 1983 | 246,703 ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 249,209 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 240,935 ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 241,587 ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 251,802 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 252,893 ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 251,389 ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 212,264 ha | -15.6% |
| 1991 | 232,525 ha | +9.5% |
| 1992 | 193,513 ha | -16.8% |
| 1993 | 190,325 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 192,448 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 219,490 ha | +14.1% |
| 1996 | 197,005 ha | -10.2% |
| 1997 | 249,297 ha | +26.5% |
| 1998 | 224,003 ha | -10.1% |
| 1999 | 215,265 ha | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 219,856 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 194,314 ha | -11.6% |
| 2002 | 185,165 ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 182,722 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 173,544 ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 168,273 ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 172,686 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 160,393 ha | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 164,344 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 166,459 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 160,539 ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 165,372 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 164,752 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 161,531 ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 160,719 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 159,899 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 133,905 ha | -16.3% |
| 2017 | 132,208 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 126,404 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 132,166 ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 122,250 ha | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 118,523 ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 102,859 ha | -13.2% |
| 2023 | 105,309 ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 100,813 ha | -4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 271,585 ha | 261,153 ha | 281,346 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 275,216 ha | 262,154 ha | 285,816 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 252,314 ha | 240,935 ha | 273,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 212,614 ha | 190,325 ha | 249,297 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 178,776 ha | 160,393 ha | 219,856 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 149,750 ha | 126,404 ha | 165,372 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 109,951 ha | 100,813 ha | 122,250 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Eastern Europe?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Eastern Europe was 100,813 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 285,816 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 100,813 ha in 2024.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Eastern Europe ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.