Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 1,900 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Greece stood at 1,900 ha.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Greece peaked at 4,664 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,850 ha, in 2023.
That places Greece 50th 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 Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,664 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,132 ha | -11.4% |
| 1963 | 4,175 ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 3,940 ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 3,970 ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 4,270 ha | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 4,210 ha | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 3,750 ha | -10.9% |
| 1969 | 3,870 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 3,800 ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 3,500 ha | -7.9% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1973 | 2,940 ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 2,700 ha | -8.2% |
| 1975 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,700 ha | +12.5% |
| 1979 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 2,500 ha | -13.8% |
| 1981 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 3,240 ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 2,667 ha | -17.7% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | -6.3% |
| 1988 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,910 ha | +16.4% |
| 1991 | 2,600 ha | -10.7% |
| 1992 | 2,100 ha | -19.2% |
| 1993 | 2,885 ha | +37.4% |
| 1994 | 2,903 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 2,840 ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 2,787 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 2,818 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 2,821 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 2,819 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 2,819 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,681 ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 2,746 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 2,640 ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 2,681 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 2,757 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 2,764 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 2,765 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,792 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 2,771 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 2,870 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 2,976 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 2,981 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,918 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 2,424 ha | -16.9% |
| 2015 | 2,460 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 2,199 ha | -10.6% |
| 2017 | 2,168 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 2,060 ha | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 1,900 ha | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 1,980 ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 2,190 ha | +10.6% |
| 2022 | 2,030 ha | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 1,850 ha | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 1,900 ha | +2.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 1,900 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 192 ha, 9.9× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Greece's 1,900 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,001 ha, 1.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Greece 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +37.4% | 2,100 ha | 2,885 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,109 ha | 3,750 ha | 4,664 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,904 ha | 2,400 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,621 ha | 2,500 ha | 3,240 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,748 ha | 2,100 ha | 2,910 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,742 ha | 2,640 ha | 2,819 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,496 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,981 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,990 ha | 1,850 ha | 2,190 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Greece?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Greece was 1,900 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 4,664 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,850 ha in 2023.
- How does Greece rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 50th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.