Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in India
India: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 139,486 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
India recorded 139,486 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.4% on the previous year and up 224.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in India peaked at 139,486 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,500 ha, in 1961.
That places India 5th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,900 ha | +7.3% |
| 1963 | 6,300 ha | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 6,800 ha | +7.9% |
| 1965 | 7,200 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 7,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 8,300 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 8,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 9,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 9,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 10,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 10,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 10,800 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 11,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 12,300 ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 13,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 14,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 14,700 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 14,800 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 15,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 15,300 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 15,900 ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 16,288 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 12,575 ha | -22.8% |
| 1993 | 15,223 ha | +21.1% |
| 1994 | 17,680 ha | +16.1% |
| 1995 | 19,954 ha | +12.9% |
| 1996 | 22,084 ha | +10.7% |
| 1997 | 24,093 ha | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 25,994 ha | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 27,796 ha | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 29,506 ha | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 31,131 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 31,830 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 32,462 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 33,038 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 33,563 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 34,045 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 34,489 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 34,899 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 35,279 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 35,632 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 35,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 40,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 41,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 43,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 43,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 71,348 ha | +65.9% |
| 2017 | 73,990 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 82,042 ha | +10.9% |
| 2019 | 104,582 ha | +27.5% |
| 2020 | 112,026 ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 116,615 ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 119,131 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 127,493 ha | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 139,486 ha | +9.4% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 139,486 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,200 ha, 43.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +65.9% | 43,000 ha | 71,348 ha |
| 2019 | +27.5% | 82,042 ha | 104,582 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,111 ha | 5,500 ha | 8,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,390 ha | 9,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,160 ha | 12,300 ha | 15,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,759 ha | 12,575 ha | 27,796 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,024 ha | 29,506 ha | 35,279 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,959 ha | 35,000 ha | 104,582 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 122,950 ha | 112,026 ha | 139,486 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 2 China, mainland 1.28 million ha compare
- 3 Cameroon 280,269 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 32,926 ha compare
- 4 USSR 169,500 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13,978 ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 11,562 ha compare
- 6 Ukraine 46,200 ha compare
- 7 Indonesia 38,247 ha compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6,560 ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 33,499 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in India?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in India was 139,486 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 139,486 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,500 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- India ranks 5th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 224.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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.