Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 21,515 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 21,515 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 33,748 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 14,774 ha, in 2001.
Southern Europe ranks 19th 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 Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,719 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,377 ha | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 16,358 ha | -5.9% |
| 1964 | 16,466 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 15,915 ha | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 18,221 ha | +14.5% |
| 1967 | 19,399 ha | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 18,836 ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 19,622 ha | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 20,687 ha | +5.4% |
| 1971 | 22,400 ha | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 21,985 ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 24,756 ha | +12.6% |
| 1974 | 24,609 ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 26,340 ha | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 26,178 ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 27,414 ha | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 28,788 ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 31,251 ha | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 29,200 ha | -6.6% |
| 1981 | 29,432 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 30,181 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 30,899 ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 30,822 ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 32,933 ha | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 32,570 ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 32,742 ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 32,238 ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 32,624 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 33,748 ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 31,930 ha | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 19,910 ha | -37.6% |
| 1993 | 20,875 ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 20,757 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 19,741 ha | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 19,822 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 20,858 ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 20,180 ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 18,956 ha | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 14,994 ha | -20.9% |
| 2001 | 14,774 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 18,558 ha | +25.6% |
| 2003 | 18,700 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 28,536 ha | +52.6% |
| 2005 | 29,005 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 29,535 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 29,084 ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 29,202 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 28,999 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 29,036 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 28,736 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 25,077 ha | -12.7% |
| 2013 | 24,278 ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 24,415 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 23,529 ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 22,536 ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 22,957 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 21,776 ha | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 21,349 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 21,526 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 21,377 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 20,133 ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 20,444 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 21,515 ha | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,768 ha | 15,915 ha | 19,622 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,441 ha | 20,687 ha | 31,251 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,364 ha | 29,200 ha | 32,933 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,678 ha | 18,956 ha | 33,748 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,139 ha | 14,774 ha | 29,535 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,369 ha | 21,349 ha | 29,036 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,999 ha | 20,133 ha | 21,526 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 16 Yugoslav SFR 15,500 ha compare
- 17 Iraq 14,643 ha compare
- 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
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- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 1.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 6.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 3.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 20.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -12.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -4.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Southern Europe was 21,515 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 33,748 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,774 ha in 2001.
- How does Southern Europe rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.