Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 3,046 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Peru is 3,046 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Peru peaked at 3,365 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 150 ha, in 1961.
Peru ranks 38th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 450 ha | +50.0% |
| 1965 | 530 ha | +17.8% |
| 1966 | 615 ha | +16.0% |
| 1967 | 760 ha | +23.6% |
| 1968 | 678 ha | -10.8% |
| 1969 | 710 ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 742 ha | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 800 ha | +7.8% |
| 1972 | 692 ha | -13.5% |
| 1973 | 687 ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 583 ha | -15.1% |
| 1975 | 752 ha | +29.0% |
| 1976 | 703 ha | -6.5% |
| 1977 | 656 ha | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 617 ha | -5.9% |
| 1979 | 589 ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 645 ha | +9.5% |
| 1981 | 765 ha | +18.6% |
| 1982 | 872 ha | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 829 ha | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 822 ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 942 ha | +14.6% |
| 1986 | 1,109 ha | +17.7% |
| 1987 | 1,154 ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 1,138 ha | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 1,094 ha | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 1,032 ha | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 998 ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 1,051 ha | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 1,258 ha | +19.7% |
| 1994 | 400 ha | -68.2% |
| 1995 | 502 ha | +25.5% |
| 1996 | 439 ha | -12.5% |
| 1997 | 1,196 ha | +172.4% |
| 1998 | 1,683 ha | +40.7% |
| 1999 | 1,563 ha | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 1,317 ha | -15.7% |
| 2001 | 1,199 ha | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 1,044 ha | -12.9% |
| 2003 | 1,839 ha | +76.1% |
| 2004 | 1,795 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 1,536 ha | -14.4% |
| 2006 | 618 ha | -59.8% |
| 2007 | 1,458 ha | +135.9% |
| 2008 | 1,531 ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 3,365 ha | +119.8% |
| 2010 | 2,938 ha | -12.7% |
| 2011 | 2,553 ha | -13.1% |
| 2012 | 2,515 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 2,640 ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 2,601 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 2,764 ha | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 2,887 ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 2,634 ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 2,413 ha | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 2,186 ha | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 2,552 ha | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 2,711 ha | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 2,577 ha | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 2,886 ha | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 3,046 ha | +5.5% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 3,046 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,735 ha, 1.8× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Peru's 3,046 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 198 ha, 15.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Peru 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +172.4% | 439 ha | 1,196 ha |
| 2007 | +135.9% | 618 ha | 1,458 ha |
| 2009 | +119.8% | 1,531 ha | 3,365 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 488.11 ha | 150 ha | 760 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 682.1 ha | 583 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 937 ha | 645 ha | 1,154 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,012 ha | 400 ha | 1,683 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,570 ha | 618 ha | 3,365 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,613 ha | 2,186 ha | 2,938 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,754 ha | 2,552 ha | 3,046 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Peru?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Peru was 3,046 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 3,365 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 ha in 1961.
- How does Peru rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 38th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Peru 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.