Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 25 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in New Zealand stood at 25 ha.
The figure is up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 207 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1996.
That places New Zealand 122nd out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 163 ha | — |
| 1962 | 84 ha | -48.5% |
| 1963 | 105 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 125 ha | +19.0% |
| 1965 | 86 ha | -31.2% |
| 1966 | 105 ha | +22.1% |
| 1967 | 204 ha | +94.3% |
| 1968 | 207 ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 107 ha | -48.3% |
| 1970 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 76 ha | -29.0% |
| 1975 | 74 ha | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 134 ha | +81.1% |
| 1977 | 59 ha | -56.0% |
| 1978 | 68 ha | +15.3% |
| 1979 | 68 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 70 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 116 ha | +65.7% |
| 1982 | 100 ha | -13.8% |
| 1983 | 105 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 110 ha | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 120 ha | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 136 ha | +13.3% |
| 1987 | 117 ha | -14.0% |
| 1988 | 98 ha | -16.2% |
| 1989 | 121 ha | +23.5% |
| 1990 | 195 ha | +61.2% |
| 1991 | 150 ha | -23.1% |
| 1992 | 47 ha | -68.7% |
| 1993 | 51 ha | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 57 ha | +11.8% |
| 1995 | 40 ha | -29.8% |
| 1996 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1997 | 0 ha | — |
| 1998 | 0 ha | — |
| 1999 | 0 ha | — |
| 2000 | 0 ha | — |
| 2001 | 0 ha | — |
| 2002 | 53 ha | — |
| 2003 | 31 ha | -41.5% |
| 2004 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2005 | 72 ha | — |
| 2006 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2007 | 27 ha | — |
| 2008 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 29 ha | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 25 ha | -13.8% |
| 2011 | 24 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 27 ha | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 23 ha | -14.8% |
| 2015 | 21 ha | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 22 ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 21 ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 22 ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 23 ha | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 25 ha | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 131.78 ha | 84 ha | 207 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 90.7 ha | 59 ha | 134 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 109.3 ha | 70 ha | 136 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 54 ha | 0 ha | 195 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.9 ha | 0 ha | 72 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.5 ha | 21 ha | 27 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.2 ha | 23 ha | 25 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in New Zealand was 25 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 207 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1996.
- How does New Zealand rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 122nd out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.