Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 1,824 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in South Africa, 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 South Africa is 1,824 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 10.4% on the previous year and up 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 1,824 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 700 ha, in 1961.
South Africa ranks 51st of 134 countries on this measure, 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 South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 1,434 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 1,300 ha | -9.3% |
| 1993 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 1,200 ha | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 1,132 ha | -5.7% |
| 1996 | 1,166 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 1,151 ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 1,100 ha | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 1,020 ha | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 871 ha | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 923 ha | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 966 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 1,053 ha | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 1,185 ha | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 1,200 ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 1,250 ha | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 1,314 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 1,438 ha | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 1,370 ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 1,390 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 1,458 ha | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 1,687 ha | +15.7% |
| 2016 | 1,614 ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 1,651 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 1,535 ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 1,765 ha | +15.0% |
| 2020 | 1,788 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 1,737 ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 1,662 ha | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 1,652 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,824 ha | +10.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 700 ha | 700 ha | 700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 985 ha | 750 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,440 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,230 ha | 1,020 ha | 1,434 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,100 ha | 871 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,522 ha | 1,314 ha | 1,765 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,733 ha | 1,652 ha | 1,824 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in South Africa?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in South Africa was 1,824 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,824 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 700 ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 51st out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.