Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 2,968 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Saudi Arabia stood at 2,968 ha.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 5,571 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Saudi Arabia 39th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Saudi Arabia, 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 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 1,027 ha | — |
| 1979 | 822 ha | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 850 ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 888 ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 1,293 ha | +45.6% |
| 1983 | 1,388 ha | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 1,403 ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 2,779 ha | +98.1% |
| 1986 | 3,140 ha | +13.0% |
| 1987 | 3,380 ha | +7.6% |
| 1988 | 4,125 ha | +22.0% |
| 1989 | 4,057 ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 3,037 ha | -25.1% |
| 1991 | 3,641 ha | +19.9% |
| 1992 | 4,409 ha | +21.1% |
| 1993 | 4,655 ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 4,806 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 5,390 ha | +12.2% |
| 1996 | 5,481 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 5,373 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 5,571 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 2,691 ha | -51.7% |
| 2000 | 2,723 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 2,882 ha | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 2,868 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 2,931 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 3,087 ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 2,966 ha | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 3,636 ha | +22.6% |
| 2007 | 4,013 ha | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 4,584 ha | +14.2% |
| 2009 | 4,775 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 3,149 ha | -34.1% |
| 2011 | 3,286 ha | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 3,275 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 3,204 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 2,511 ha | -21.6% |
| 2015 | 2,687 ha | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 2,885 ha | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 3,016 ha | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 2,378 ha | -21.2% |
| 2019 | 1,637 ha | -31.2% |
| 2020 | 2,335 ha | +42.6% |
| 2021 | 2,357 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 2,386 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 2,951 ha | +23.7% |
| 2024 | 2,968 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 184.9 ha | 0 ha | 1,027 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,330 ha | 850 ha | 4,125 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,505 ha | 2,691 ha | 5,571 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,446 ha | 2,723 ha | 4,775 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,803 ha | 1,637 ha | 3,286 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,599 ha | 2,335 ha | 2,968 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 2,968 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,571 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 39th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.