Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 5,432 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 5,432 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 15.9% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 5,432 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1965.
That places Malaysia 27th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 250 ha | — |
| 1962 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 220 ha | -12.0% |
| 1964 | 240 ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | -16.7% |
| 1966 | 240 ha | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 340 ha | +13.3% |
| 1969 | 615 ha | +80.9% |
| 1970 | 670 ha | +8.9% |
| 1971 | 630 ha | -6.0% |
| 1972 | 700 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 850 ha | +21.4% |
| 1974 | 800 ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | +37.5% |
| 1976 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1978 | 1,270 ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 1,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 1,160 ha | -10.8% |
| 1981 | 1,240 ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 1,250 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,110 ha | -11.2% |
| 1985 | 710 ha | -36.0% |
| 1986 | 1,500 ha | +111.3% |
| 1987 | 1,420 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 1,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 1,366 ha | -14.6% |
| 1991 | 1,500 ha | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 1,494 ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | +33.9% |
| 1994 | 2,104 ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 1,801 ha | -14.4% |
| 1996 | 1,600 ha | -11.2% |
| 1997 | 2,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1998 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 2,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 1,600 ha | -23.8% |
| 2001 | 2,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2002 | 1,895 ha | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 2,228 ha | +17.6% |
| 2004 | 2,498 ha | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 2,813 ha | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 3,011 ha | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 3,050 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 2,856 ha | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 3,780 ha | +32.4% |
| 2010 | 3,836 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 3,969 ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 4,607 ha | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 5,161 ha | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 4,661 ha | -9.7% |
| 2015 | 4,371 ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 4,359 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 4,401 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 4,114 ha | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 4,999 ha | +21.5% |
| 2020 | 5,072 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 5,101 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 5,004 ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 4,687 ha | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 5,432 ha | +15.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 295 ha | 200 ha | 615 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 952 ha | 630 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,274 ha | 710 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,816 ha | 1,366 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,573 ha | 1,600 ha | 3,780 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,448 ha | 3,836 ha | 5,161 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,059 ha | 4,687 ha | 5,432 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0822 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Malaysia was 5,432 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,432 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1965.
- How does Malaysia rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 27th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.