Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 2,230 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Germany recorded 2,230 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Germany peaked at 11,220 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 2,070 ha, in 2022.
Germany ranks 47th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,787 ha | 6,285 ha | 11,220 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,533 ha | 4,710 ha | 6,537 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,071 ha | 3,482 ha | 4,601 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,461 ha | 2,972 ha | 3,841 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,237 ha | 2,999 ha | 3,569 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,722 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,111 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,206 ha | 2,070 ha | 2,300 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.8714 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.8714 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Germany?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Germany was 2,230 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 11,220 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,070 ha in 2022.
- How does Germany rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 47th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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.