Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 240 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Portugal, 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 Portugal is 240 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.0% on the previous year and up 27.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 350 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 85th 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 200 ha | — |
| 1978 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1985 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 250 ha | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 270 ha | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 270 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 300 ha | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 279 ha | -7.0% |
| 1995 | 270 ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 290 ha | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 310 ha | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 300 ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 296 ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 296 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 286 ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 287 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 276 ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 271 ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 269 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 256 ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 350 ha | +36.7% |
| 2008 | 320 ha | -8.6% |
| 2009 | 300 ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 285 ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 212 ha | -25.6% |
| 2012 | 148 ha | -30.2% |
| 2013 | 157 ha | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 189 ha | +20.4% |
| 2015 | 222 ha | +17.5% |
| 2016 | 185 ha | -16.7% |
| 2017 | 175 ha | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 130 ha | -25.7% |
| 2019 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 2020 | 220 ha | +46.7% |
| 2021 | 200 ha | -9.1% |
| 2022 | 190 ha | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 240 ha | +20.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 60 ha | 0 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 231 ha | 200 ha | 260 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 286.5 ha | 270 ha | 310 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 291.1 ha | 256 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 185.3 ha | 130 ha | 285 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 210 ha | 190 ha | 240 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Portugal?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Portugal was 240 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 350 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 85th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.