Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 47,402 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Northern Africa stood at 47,402 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 58,886 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 11,585 ha, in 1967.
That places Northern Africa 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,299 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,029 ha | +22.2% |
| 1963 | 14,762 ha | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 15,016 ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 13,732 ha | -8.6% |
| 1966 | 13,226 ha | -3.7% |
| 1967 | 11,585 ha | -12.4% |
| 1968 | 12,897 ha | +11.3% |
| 1969 | 12,807 ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 12,447 ha | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 12,812 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 12,832 ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 14,983 ha | +16.8% |
| 1974 | 14,538 ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 16,690 ha | +14.8% |
| 1976 | 16,693 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 17,180 ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 17,656 ha | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 19,460 ha | +10.2% |
| 1980 | 21,890 ha | +12.5% |
| 1981 | 22,652 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 21,904 ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 21,835 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 21,180 ha | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 22,560 ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 24,370 ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 23,930 ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 22,250 ha | -7.0% |
| 1989 | 23,950 ha | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 21,795 ha | -9.0% |
| 1991 | 22,713 ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 21,729 ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 20,830 ha | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 24,240 ha | +16.4% |
| 1995 | 26,132 ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 28,860 ha | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 31,550 ha | +9.3% |
| 1998 | 37,031 ha | +17.4% |
| 1999 | 40,546 ha | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 42,190 ha | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 41,062 ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 39,286 ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 45,315 ha | +15.3% |
| 2004 | 37,327 ha | -17.6% |
| 2005 | 38,767 ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 50,914 ha | +31.3% |
| 2007 | 39,951 ha | -21.5% |
| 2008 | 42,204 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 37,518 ha | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 41,541 ha | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 40,098 ha | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 37,848 ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 33,804 ha | -10.7% |
| 2014 | 44,786 ha | +32.5% |
| 2015 | 47,472 ha | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 58,886 ha | +24.0% |
| 2017 | 38,925 ha | -33.9% |
| 2018 | 43,783 ha | +12.5% |
| 2019 | 53,846 ha | +23.0% |
| 2020 | 48,348 ha | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 47,495 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 53,031 ha | +11.7% |
| 2023 | 47,178 ha | -11.0% |
| 2024 | 47,402 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,484 ha | 11,585 ha | 15,029 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,529 ha | 12,447 ha | 19,460 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,652 ha | 21,180 ha | 24,370 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,543 ha | 20,830 ha | 40,546 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41,453 ha | 37,327 ha | 50,914 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,099 ha | 33,804 ha | 58,886 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,691 ha | 47,178 ha | 53,031 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 12 Sudan 18,527 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 Mexico 16,056 ha compare
- 16 Yugoslav SFR 15,500 ha compare
- 17 Iraq 14,643 ha compare
- 18 Azerbaijan 9,204 ha compare
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- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -1.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Northern Africa was 47,402 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 58,886 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,585 ha in 1967.
- How does Northern Africa rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.