Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 32,340 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 32,340 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 103,707 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 31,320 ha, in 2022.
European Union (27) ranks 18th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 84,549 ha | — |
| 1962 | 83,274 ha | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 102,039 ha | +22.5% |
| 1964 | 89,493 ha | -12.3% |
| 1965 | 83,175 ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 90,943 ha | +9.3% |
| 1967 | 89,873 ha | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 94,581 ha | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 95,221 ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 94,411 ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 92,037 ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 86,179 ha | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 92,388 ha | +7.2% |
| 1974 | 92,255 ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 96,371 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 96,379 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 92,130 ha | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 96,345 ha | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 103,707 ha | +7.6% |
| 1980 | 97,981 ha | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 101,069 ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 96,468 ha | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 92,942 ha | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 93,434 ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 100,822 ha | +7.9% |
| 1986 | 92,056 ha | -8.7% |
| 1987 | 97,056 ha | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 97,325 ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 92,866 ha | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 78,490 ha | -15.5% |
| 1991 | 79,469 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 83,450 ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 91,464 ha | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 94,081 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 94,648 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 83,009 ha | -12.3% |
| 1997 | 86,345 ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 89,294 ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 84,914 ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 77,781 ha | -8.4% |
| 2001 | 71,133 ha | -8.5% |
| 2002 | 64,226 ha | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 63,360 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 62,185 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 58,999 ha | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 64,861 ha | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 60,992 ha | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 59,850 ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 60,868 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 55,097 ha | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 55,726 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 54,518 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 51,486 ha | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 53,034 ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 52,286 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 52,246 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 49,594 ha | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 45,200 ha | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 45,800 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 36,190 ha | -21.0% |
| 2021 | 36,660 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 31,320 ha | -14.6% |
| 2023 | 32,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 32,340 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90,350 ha | 83,175 ha | 102,039 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 94,220 ha | 86,179 ha | 103,707 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 96,202 ha | 92,056 ha | 101,069 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 86,516 ha | 78,490 ha | 94,648 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 64,426 ha | 58,999 ha | 77,781 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,499 ha | 45,200 ha | 55,726 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,802 ha | 31,320 ha | 36,660 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 15 Mexico 16,056 ha compare
- 16 Yugoslav SFR 15,500 ha compare
- 17 Iraq 14,643 ha compare
- 18 Azerbaijan 9,204 ha compare
- 19 Japan 9,160 ha compare
- 20 Spain 8,620 ha compare
- 21 Czechoslovakia 7,653 ha compare
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- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 0.8882 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 0.8098 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -2.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 4.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in European Union (27) was 32,340 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 103,707 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,320 ha in 2022.
- How does European Union (27) rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.