Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Lithuania
Lithuania: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 800 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Lithuania, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Lithuania is 800 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 37.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Lithuania peaked at 2,186 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 459 ha, in 1995.
That places Lithuania 68th 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 33 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,399 ha | — |
| 1993 | 605 ha | -56.8% |
| 1994 | 847 ha | +40.0% |
| 1995 | 459 ha | -45.8% |
| 1996 | 1,753 ha | +281.9% |
| 1997 | 1,811 ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 2,186 ha | +20.7% |
| 1999 | 1,609 ha | -26.4% |
| 2000 | 1,246 ha | -22.6% |
| 2001 | 1,165 ha | -6.5% |
| 2002 | 1,115 ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 839 ha | -24.8% |
| 2004 | 680 ha | -19.0% |
| 2005 | 842 ha | +23.8% |
| 2006 | 861 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 1,025 ha | +19.0% |
| 2008 | 957 ha | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 926 ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 1,602 ha | +73.0% |
| 2011 | 1,614 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,389 ha | -13.9% |
| 2013 | 1,375 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 1,282 ha | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 1,073 ha | -16.3% |
| 2016 | 1,245 ha | +16.0% |
| 2017 | 1,198 ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 1,110 ha | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 1,100 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,030 ha | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 990 ha | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 900 ha | -9.1% |
| 2024 | 800 ha | -11.1% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 800 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 192 ha, 4.2× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 800 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,001 ha, 80% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Lithuania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +281.9% | 459 ha | 1,753 ha |
| 2010 | +73.0% | 926 ha | 1,602 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,334 ha | 459 ha | 2,186 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 965.6 ha | 680 ha | 1,246 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,299 ha | 1,073 ha | 1,614 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 964 ha | 800 ha | 1,100 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More agriculture & rural data for Lithuania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 748.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7947 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3092 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Lithuania?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Lithuania was 800 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 2,186 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 459 ha in 1995.
- How does Lithuania rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Lithuania ranks 68th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.