Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 129,140 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Europe stood at 129,140 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Europe peaked at 324,095 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 129,140 ha, in 2024.
Europe ranks 7th of 29 regions on this measure, 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300,211 ha | — |
| 1962 | 305,374 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 322,118 ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 315,984 ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 295,665 ha | -6.4% |
| 1966 | 304,809 ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 308,188 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 312,508 ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 316,090 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 323,877 ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 317,916 ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 314,791 ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 321,908 ha | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 319,032 ha | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 318,275 ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 303,983 ha | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 307,415 ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 310,630 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 324,095 ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 309,291 ha | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 315,904 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 291,203 ha | -7.8% |
| 1983 | 288,731 ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 290,582 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 284,151 ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 285,594 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 296,655 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 296,493 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 294,927 ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 255,066 ha | -13.5% |
| 1991 | 273,773 ha | +7.3% |
| 1992 | 226,810 ha | -17.2% |
| 1993 | 223,138 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 225,416 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 251,191 ha | +11.4% |
| 1996 | 229,189 ha | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 281,584 ha | +22.9% |
| 1998 | 254,446 ha | -9.6% |
| 1999 | 243,945 ha | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 243,792 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 218,617 ha | -10.3% |
| 2002 | 213,263 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 210,801 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 210,294 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 205,716 ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 210,490 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 198,851 ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 202,052 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 204,528 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 198,772 ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 202,971 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 198,561 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 194,030 ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 193,300 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 191,136 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 166,668 ha | -12.8% |
| 2017 | 162,813 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 155,512 ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 160,585 ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 150,979 ha | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 147,089 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 129,881 ha | -11.7% |
| 2023 | 132,740 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 129,140 ha | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 308,994 ha | 295,665 ha | 322,118 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 316,192 ha | 303,983 ha | 324,095 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 295,353 ha | 284,151 ha | 315,904 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 246,456 ha | 223,138 ha | 281,584 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 211,840 ha | 198,851 ha | 243,792 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 182,435 ha | 155,512 ha | 202,971 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 137,966 ha | 129,140 ha | 150,979 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Europe?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Europe was 129,140 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 324,095 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 129,140 ha in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 7th out of 29 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.