Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 280,379 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 280,379 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 300,081 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 25 ha, in 1965.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 120 ha | +100.0% |
| 1964 | 40 ha | -66.7% |
| 1965 | 25 ha | -37.5% |
| 1966 | 30 ha | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 50 ha | +66.7% |
| 1968 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 65 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 70 ha | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 27,071 ha | +38572.9% |
| 1991 | 36,078 ha | +33.3% |
| 1992 | 45,078 ha | +24.9% |
| 1993 | 55,078 ha | +22.2% |
| 1994 | 64,077 ha | +16.3% |
| 1995 | 72,081 ha | +12.5% |
| 1996 | 82,080 ha | +13.9% |
| 1997 | 90,078 ha | +9.7% |
| 1998 | 100,076 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 104,894 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 105,638 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 100,389 ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 98,190 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 121,983 ha | +24.2% |
| 2004 | 115,308 ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 87,008 ha | -24.5% |
| 2006 | 96,613 ha | +11.0% |
| 2007 | 112,513 ha | +16.5% |
| 2008 | 154,297 ha | +37.1% |
| 2009 | 175,830 ha | +14.0% |
| 2010 | 186,184 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 203,149 ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 208,941 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 204,566 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 237,880 ha | +16.3% |
| 2015 | 262,588 ha | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 300,081 ha | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 266,850 ha | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 277,875 ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 286,274 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 276,999 ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 280,383 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 281,219 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 279,534 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 280,379 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55 ha | 25 ha | 120 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 61.5 ha | 60 ha | 65 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 70 ha | 70 ha | 70 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 67,659 ha | 27,071 ha | 104,894 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 116,777 ha | 87,008 ha | 175,830 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 243,439 ha | 186,184 ha | 300,081 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 279,703 ha | 276,999 ha | 281,219 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Middle Africa was 280,379 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 300,081 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 ha in 1965.
- How does Middle Africa rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 2nd out of 16 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.