Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 4,540 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Romania stood at 4,540 ha.
The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and down 64.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Romania peaked at 23,000 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 3,890 ha, in 2022.
Romania ranks 29th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,300 ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 18,500 ha | +13.5% |
| 1964 | 14,100 ha | -23.8% |
| 1965 | 9,900 ha | -29.8% |
| 1966 | 10,900 ha | +10.1% |
| 1967 | 11,026 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 16,129 ha | +46.3% |
| 1969 | 14,950 ha | -7.3% |
| 1970 | 15,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 15,400 ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 14,800 ha | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 16,600 ha | +12.2% |
| 1974 | 15,000 ha | -9.6% |
| 1975 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1976 | 15,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1977 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 19,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 1980 | 22,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1981 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 22,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 19,000 ha | -17.4% |
| 1987 | 18,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 9,125 ha | -52.0% |
| 1991 | 8,787 ha | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 9,211 ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 8,651 ha | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 8,398 ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 8,440 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 8,648 ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 7,182 ha | -17.0% |
| 1998 | 8,434 ha | +17.4% |
| 1999 | 8,336 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 9,031 ha | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 9,804 ha | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 10,373 ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 11,021 ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 11,328 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 10,589 ha | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 15,668 ha | +48.0% |
| 2007 | 12,590 ha | -19.6% |
| 2008 | 12,960 ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 13,122 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 12,614 ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 13,154 ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 12,343 ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 12,793 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 12,785 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 12,988 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 12,935 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 12,699 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 6,910 ha | -45.6% |
| 2019 | 6,910 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 6,080 ha | -12.0% |
| 2021 | 6,260 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 3,890 ha | -37.9% |
| 2023 | 4,850 ha | +24.7% |
| 2024 | 4,540 ha | -6.4% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 4,540 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 192 ha, 23.6× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Romania's 4,540 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,001 ha, 4.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -52.0% | 19,000 ha | 9,125 ha |
| 2006 | +48.0% | 10,589 ha | 15,668 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,267 ha | 9,900 ha | 18,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,780 ha | 14,800 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,900 ha | 18,000 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,521 ha | 7,182 ha | 9,211 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,649 ha | 9,031 ha | 15,668 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,613 ha | 6,910 ha | 13,154 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,124 ha | 3,890 ha | 6,260 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Romania?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Romania was 4,540 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 23,000 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,890 ha in 2022.
- How does Romania rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 29th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.