Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 16,056 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 16,056 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.3% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 26,000 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 5,600 ha, in 1961.
That places Mexico 15th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 5,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 13,189 ha | +64.9% |
| 1972 | 17,527 ha | +32.9% |
| 1973 | 11,498 ha | -34.4% |
| 1974 | 10,187 ha | -11.4% |
| 1975 | 10,592 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 12,599 ha | +18.9% |
| 1977 | 6,717 ha | -46.7% |
| 1978 | 7,616 ha | +13.4% |
| 1979 | 12,067 ha | +58.4% |
| 1980 | 11,099 ha | -8.0% |
| 1981 | 9,960 ha | -10.3% |
| 1982 | 9,838 ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 12,755 ha | +29.7% |
| 1984 | 16,730 ha | +31.2% |
| 1985 | 14,041 ha | -16.1% |
| 1986 | 13,077 ha | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 13,293 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 17,231 ha | +29.6% |
| 1989 | 15,541 ha | -9.8% |
| 1990 | 15,516 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 14,945 ha | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 14,981 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 14,801 ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 13,687 ha | -7.5% |
| 1995 | 14,111 ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 17,945 ha | +27.2% |
| 1997 | 17,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 16,867 ha | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 18,509 ha | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 17,475 ha | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 18,449 ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 17,095 ha | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 18,600 ha | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 19,578 ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 17,995 ha | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 17,731 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 17,189 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 26,000 ha | +51.3% |
| 2009 | 18,000 ha | -30.8% |
| 2010 | 18,301 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 17,551 ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 15,307 ha | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 15,525 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 16,808 ha | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 17,850 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 18,603 ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 20,180 ha | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 19,597 ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 16,008 ha | -18.3% |
| 2020 | 15,742 ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 18,102 ha | +15.0% |
| 2022 | 18,768 ha | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 19,179 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 16,056 ha | -16.3% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 16,056 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,735 ha, 9.3× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 16,056 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 198 ha, 81.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Mexico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +64.9% | 8,000 ha | 13,189 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,222 ha | 5,600 ha | 7,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,999 ha | 6,717 ha | 17,527 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,356 ha | 9,838 ha | 17,231 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,931 ha | 13,687 ha | 18,509 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,811 ha | 17,095 ha | 26,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,573 ha | 15,307 ha | 20,180 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,569 ha | 15,742 ha | 19,179 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 12 Sudan 18,527 ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 389 ha compare
- 13 Bangladesh 17,775 ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 138 ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 92 ha compare
- 14 Kazakhstan 17,154 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 37 ha compare
- 16 Yugoslav SFR 15,500 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 0 ha
- 17 Iraq 14,643 ha compare
- 18 Azerbaijan 9,204 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Mexico?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Mexico was 16,056 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 26,000 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 15th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.