Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 8,620 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Spain stood at 8,620 ha.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Spain peaked at 9,086 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 3,455 ha, in 1961.
Spain ranks 20th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,455 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,845 ha | +11.3% |
| 1963 | 4,183 ha | +8.8% |
| 1964 | 3,719 ha | -11.1% |
| 1965 | 4,135 ha | +11.2% |
| 1966 | 4,400 ha | +6.4% |
| 1967 | 4,671 ha | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 4,620 ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 4,573 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1971 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 3,885 ha | -5.2% |
| 1973 | 5,700 ha | +46.7% |
| 1974 | 6,800 ha | +19.3% |
| 1975 | 7,100 ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 6,600 ha | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 6,500 ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 7,100 ha | +9.2% |
| 1979 | 8,406 ha | +18.4% |
| 1980 | 7,313 ha | -13.0% |
| 1981 | 7,157 ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 7,289 ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 7,520 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 7,840 ha | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 8,899 ha | +13.5% |
| 1986 | 8,464 ha | -4.9% |
| 1987 | 7,960 ha | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 8,249 ha | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 8,935 ha | +8.3% |
| 1990 | 9,086 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 8,095 ha | -10.9% |
| 1992 | 7,335 ha | -9.4% |
| 1993 | 7,083 ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 7,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 6,627 ha | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 6,800 ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 7,300 ha | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 7,130 ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 7,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 7,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 7,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 7,756 ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 7,183 ha | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 7,424 ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 7,874 ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 8,138 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 7,466 ha | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 8,286 ha | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 8,094 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 8,235 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 8,293 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 8,876 ha | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 8,100 ha | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 8,899 ha | +9.9% |
| 2015 | 8,146 ha | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 7,437 ha | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 7,510 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 7,500 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 7,420 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 7,730 ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 7,720 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 8,010 ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 8,300 ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 8,620 ha | +3.9% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 8,620 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 192 ha, 44.9× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Spain's 8,620 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,001 ha, 8.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Spain changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +46.7% | 3,885 ha | 5,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,178 ha | 3,455 ha | 4,671 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,019 ha | 3,885 ha | 8,406 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,963 ha | 7,157 ha | 8,935 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,346 ha | 6,627 ha | 9,086 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,652 ha | 7,100 ha | 8,286 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,042 ha | 7,420 ha | 8,899 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,076 ha | 7,720 ha | 8,620 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 17 Iraq 14,643 ha compare
- 18 Azerbaijan 9,204 ha compare
- 19 Japan 9,160 ha compare
- 21 Czechoslovakia 7,653 ha compare
- 22 Tajikistan 6,783 ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 7,875 ha compare
- 23 Kyrgyzstan 6,753 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Spain?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Spain was 8,620 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 9,086 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,455 ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 20th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.