Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in France
France: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 1,730 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in France stood at 1,730 ha.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in France peaked at 4,227 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 718 ha, in 2006.
That places France 55th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,167 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,404 ha | +7.5% |
| 1963 | 3,487 ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 3,402 ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 3,136 ha | -7.8% |
| 1966 | 2,991 ha | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 2,608 ha | -12.8% |
| 1968 | 2,333 ha | -10.5% |
| 1969 | 4,227 ha | +81.2% |
| 1970 | 3,970 ha | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 3,900 ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 1,966 ha | -49.6% |
| 1973 | 2,210 ha | +12.4% |
| 1974 | 2,068 ha | -6.4% |
| 1975 | 2,151 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 2,577 ha | +19.8% |
| 1977 | 2,617 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 2,433 ha | -7.0% |
| 1979 | 2,635 ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 2,554 ha | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 2,500 ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1988 | 2,100 ha | -30.0% |
| 1989 | 1,900 ha | -9.5% |
| 1990 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,904 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 1,767 ha | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 1,597 ha | -9.6% |
| 1994 | 1,533 ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 1,371 ha | -10.6% |
| 1996 | 1,176 ha | -14.2% |
| 1997 | 1,028 ha | -12.6% |
| 1998 | 981 ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 941 ha | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 901 ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 909 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 928 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 909 ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 889 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 725 ha | -18.4% |
| 2006 | 718 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 1,990 ha | +177.2% |
| 2008 | 1,978 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 1,971 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 1,812 ha | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 1,773 ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 1,756 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 1,734 ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 1,671 ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 1,674 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 4,006 ha | +139.3% |
| 2017 | 1,800 ha | -55.1% |
| 2018 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,620 ha | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 1,910 ha | +17.9% |
| 2021 | 1,710 ha | -10.5% |
| 2022 | 1,720 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 1,710 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,730 ha | +1.2% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 1,730 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 192 ha, 9.0× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- France's 1,730 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,001 ha, 1.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in France changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +177.2% | 718 ha | 1,990 ha |
| 2016 | +139.3% | 1,674 ha | 4,006 ha |
| 1969 | +81.2% | 2,333 ha | 4,227 ha |
| 2017 | -55.1% | 4,006 ha | 1,800 ha |
| 1987 | +50.0% | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1972 | -49.6% | 3,900 ha | 1,966 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,195 ha | 2,333 ha | 4,227 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,653 ha | 1,966 ha | 3,970 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,265 ha | 1,700 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,420 ha | 941 ha | 1,904 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,192 ha | 718 ha | 1,990 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,965 ha | 1,620 ha | 4,006 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,756 ha | 1,710 ha | 1,910 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in France?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in France was 1,730 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 4,227 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 718 ha in 2006.
- How does France rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- France ranks 55th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France 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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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.