Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 90,602 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 90,602 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 92.8% on the previous year and up 220.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 90,602 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,470 ha, in 1962.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,657 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,470 ha | -7.0% |
| 1963 | 2,735 ha | +10.7% |
| 1964 | 2,684 ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 2,623 ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 2,620 ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 2,649 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 2,623 ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 2,713 ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 2,876 ha | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 2,857 ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 2,503 ha | -12.4% |
| 1973 | 2,523 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 2,556 ha | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 2,602 ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 2,782 ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 2,586 ha | -7.0% |
| 1978 | 2,514 ha | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 3,174 ha | +26.3% |
| 1980 | 3,144 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 3,150 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 3,319 ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 3,469 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 3,205 ha | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 3,233 ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 3,493 ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 3,649 ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 3,775 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 4,260 ha | +12.8% |
| 1990 | 4,660 ha | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 6,293 ha | +35.0% |
| 1992 | 6,539 ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 6,830 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 7,539 ha | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 8,212 ha | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 9,444 ha | +15.0% |
| 1997 | 10,625 ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 12,157 ha | +14.4% |
| 1999 | 13,041 ha | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 14,580 ha | +11.8% |
| 2001 | 14,408 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 14,441 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 13,547 ha | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 11,296 ha | -16.6% |
| 2005 | 11,704 ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 12,492 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 11,904 ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 12,628 ha | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 13,229 ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 13,853 ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 15,379 ha | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 13,200 ha | -14.2% |
| 2013 | 15,326 ha | +16.1% |
| 2014 | 28,265 ha | +84.4% |
| 2015 | 34,463 ha | +21.9% |
| 2016 | 48,596 ha | +41.0% |
| 2017 | 33,672 ha | -30.7% |
| 2018 | 40,028 ha | +18.9% |
| 2019 | 41,202 ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 41,625 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 42,806 ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 43,855 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 46,984 ha | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 90,602 ha | +92.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,642 ha | 2,470 ha | 2,735 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,697 ha | 2,503 ha | 3,174 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,470 ha | 3,144 ha | 4,260 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,534 ha | 4,660 ha | 13,041 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,023 ha | 11,296 ha | 14,580 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,398 ha | 13,200 ha | 48,596 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,174 ha | 41,625 ha | 90,602 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 90,602 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 90,602 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,470 ha in 1962.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd out of 16 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 220.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.