Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 3,668 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 3,668 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 6.2% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 3,969 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1,473 ha, in 1962.
That places Sri Lanka 32nd out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,914 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,473 ha | -49.5% |
| 1963 | 3,192 ha | +116.7% |
| 1964 | 2,525 ha | -20.9% |
| 1965 | 3,776 ha | +49.5% |
| 1966 | 2,886 ha | -23.6% |
| 1967 | 2,707 ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 3,605 ha | +33.2% |
| 1969 | 2,524 ha | -30.0% |
| 1970 | 2,176 ha | -13.8% |
| 1971 | 2,195 ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 2,014 ha | -8.2% |
| 1973 | 2,163 ha | +7.4% |
| 1974 | 1,965 ha | -9.2% |
| 1975 | 3,153 ha | +60.5% |
| 1976 | 3,004 ha | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 2,516 ha | -16.2% |
| 1978 | 2,656 ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 2,530 ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 2,450 ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 2,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,054 ha | -16.2% |
| 1983 | 2,150 ha | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 2,320 ha | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 2,170 ha | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 2,297 ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 2,582 ha | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 2,250 ha | -12.9% |
| 1989 | 2,260 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 2,340 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 2,292 ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 2,097 ha | -8.5% |
| 1993 | 2,059 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 2,762 ha | +34.1% |
| 1995 | 3,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1996 | 2,935 ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 3,094 ha | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 3,271 ha | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 3,172 ha | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 3,365 ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 3,307 ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 3,214 ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 3,160 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 2,670 ha | -15.5% |
| 2005 | 3,160 ha | +18.4% |
| 2006 | 2,850 ha | -9.8% |
| 2007 | 2,920 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 3,250 ha | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 3,090 ha | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 3,310 ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 3,240 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 3,070 ha | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 3,969 ha | +29.3% |
| 2014 | 3,706 ha | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 3,239 ha | -12.6% |
| 2016 | 2,986 ha | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 2,599 ha | -13.0% |
| 2018 | 3,731 ha | +43.6% |
| 2019 | 2,895 ha | -22.4% |
| 2020 | 2,953 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 2,802 ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 2,916 ha | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 3,455 ha | +18.5% |
| 2024 | 3,668 ha | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,845 ha | 1,473 ha | 3,776 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,437 ha | 1,965 ha | 3,153 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,298 ha | 2,054 ha | 2,582 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,702 ha | 2,059 ha | 3,271 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,099 ha | 2,670 ha | 3,365 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,274 ha | 2,599 ha | 3,969 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,159 ha | 2,802 ha | 3,668 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 3,668 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 3,969 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,473 ha in 1962.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 32nd out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.