Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in South America
South America: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 7,888 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in South America, 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 America is 7,888 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.8% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in South America peaked at 8,225 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,595 ha, in 1961.
South America ranks 21st of 29 groups 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 America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,595 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,680 ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 1,815 ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 2,005 ha | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 2,096 ha | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 2,240 ha | +6.9% |
| 1967 | 2,420 ha | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 2,373 ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 2,429 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 2,519 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 2,610 ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 2,533 ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 2,551 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 2,483 ha | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 2,584 ha | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 2,616 ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 2,579 ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 2,458 ha | -4.7% |
| 1979 | 2,482 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 3,159 ha | +27.3% |
| 1981 | 3,023 ha | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 3,299 ha | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 3,292 ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 3,375 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 3,680 ha | +9.0% |
| 1986 | 3,890 ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 4,062 ha | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 4,113 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 4,121 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 4,015 ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 3,759 ha | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 3,679 ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 4,194 ha | +14.0% |
| 1994 | 3,948 ha | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 3,828 ha | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 3,882 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 4,494 ha | +15.8% |
| 1998 | 5,364 ha | +19.4% |
| 1999 | 5,376 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 5,659 ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 4,718 ha | -16.6% |
| 2002 | 4,604 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 5,265 ha | +14.4% |
| 2004 | 5,916 ha | +12.4% |
| 2005 | 5,482 ha | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 4,352 ha | -20.6% |
| 2007 | 5,335 ha | +22.6% |
| 2008 | 5,594 ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 7,953 ha | +42.2% |
| 2010 | 7,965 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 7,182 ha | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 6,624 ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 7,120 ha | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 6,932 ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 7,237 ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 6,682 ha | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 7,205 ha | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 7,122 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 8,225 ha | +15.5% |
| 2020 | 7,417 ha | -9.8% |
| 2021 | 7,807 ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 7,772 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 8,197 ha | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 7,888 ha | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,073 ha | 1,595 ha | 2,429 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,542 ha | 2,458 ha | 2,616 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,601 ha | 3,023 ha | 4,121 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,254 ha | 3,679 ha | 5,376 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,488 ha | 4,352 ha | 7,953 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,229 ha | 6,624 ha | 8,225 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,816 ha | 7,417 ha | 8,197 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 18 Azerbaijan 9,204 ha compare
- 19 Japan 9,160 ha compare
- 20 Spain 8,620 ha compare
- 21 Czechoslovakia 7,653 ha compare
- 22 Tajikistan 6,783 ha compare
- 23 Kyrgyzstan 6,753 ha compare
- 24 Poland 6,000 ha compare
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- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.4003 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3049 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in South America?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in South America was 7,888 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 America?
- The highest recorded value was 8,225 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,595 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- South America ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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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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.