Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 1,824 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Southern 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 Southern Africa is 1,824 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it 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 Southern Africa peaked at 1,824 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 700 ha, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 27th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Southern 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Southern 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,824 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 700 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.
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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.