Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 9,160 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Japan is 9,160 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Japan peaked at 35,800 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 9,160 ha, in 2024.
That places Japan 19th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,400 ha | +8.7% |
| 1963 | 34,200 ha | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 35,300 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 34,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 35,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 34,800 ha | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 33,200 ha | -4.6% |
| 1969 | 31,800 ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 31,600 ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 31,300 ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 30,600 ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 28,300 ha | -7.5% |
| 1974 | 26,600 ha | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 26,200 ha | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 26,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 25,400 ha | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 25,300 ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 25,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 25,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 25,400 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 24,900 ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 24,400 ha | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 23,900 ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 23,400 ha | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 22,800 ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 22,300 ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 21,600 ha | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 20,900 ha | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 20,200 ha | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 19,600 ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 19,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 18,400 ha | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 18,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 16,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 15,200 ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 14,800 ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 14,400 ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 14,100 ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 13,700 ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 13,400 ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 13,100 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 12,800 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 12,500 ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 12,400 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 12,100 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 11,700 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 11,600 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 11,400 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 11,100 ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 11,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 10,900 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 10,800 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 10,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 10,300 ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 10,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 9,940 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 9,770 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 9,490 ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 9,160 ha | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,333 ha | 28,900 ha | 35,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,660 ha | 25,300 ha | 31,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,490 ha | 20,900 ha | 25,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,720 ha | 16,000 ha | 20,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,640 ha | 12,400 ha | 15,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,150 ha | 10,300 ha | 12,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,692 ha | 9,160 ha | 10,100 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 16 Yugoslav SFR 15,500 ha compare
- 17 Iraq 14,643 ha compare
- 18 Azerbaijan 9,204 ha compare
- 20 Spain 8,620 ha compare
- 21 Czechoslovakia 7,653 ha compare
- 22 Tajikistan 6,783 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.9583 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.9583 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Japan?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Japan was 9,160 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 35,800 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,160 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 19th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan 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.