Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Sweden
Sweden: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 240 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 240 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.3% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Sweden peaked at 1,549 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 190 ha, in 2018.
That places Sweden 85th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Sweden, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,189 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,549 ha | +30.3% |
| 1963 | 1,136 ha | -26.7% |
| 1964 | 1,063 ha | -6.4% |
| 1965 | 995 ha | -6.4% |
| 1966 | 975 ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 1,080 ha | +10.8% |
| 1968 | 1,119 ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 737 ha | -34.1% |
| 1970 | 1,120 ha | +52.0% |
| 1971 | 1,400 ha | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 1,130 ha | -19.3% |
| 1973 | 1,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1974 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 508 ha | -60.9% |
| 1980 | 537 ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 483 ha | -10.1% |
| 1982 | 423 ha | -12.4% |
| 1983 | 444 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 413 ha | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 386 ha | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 453 ha | +17.4% |
| 1987 | 453 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 533 ha | +17.7% |
| 1989 | 520 ha | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 443 ha | -14.8% |
| 1991 | 363 ha | -18.1% |
| 1992 | 298 ha | -17.9% |
| 1993 | 600 ha | +101.3% |
| 1994 | 466 ha | -22.3% |
| 1995 | 400 ha | -14.2% |
| 1996 | 410 ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 350 ha | -14.6% |
| 1998 | 340 ha | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 355 ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 381 ha | +7.3% |
| 2001 | 315 ha | -17.3% |
| 2002 | 339 ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 263 ha | -22.4% |
| 2004 | 252 ha | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 232 ha | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 267 ha | +15.1% |
| 2007 | 300 ha | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 219 ha | -27.0% |
| 2012 | 300 ha | +37.0% |
| 2013 | 250 ha | -16.7% |
| 2014 | 210 ha | -16.0% |
| 2015 | 240 ha | +14.3% |
| 2016 | 270 ha | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 210 ha | -22.2% |
| 2018 | 190 ha | -9.5% |
| 2019 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 240 ha | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 230 ha | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 210 ha | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 240 ha | +14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,094 ha | 737 ha | 1,549 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,196 ha | 508 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 464.5 ha | 386 ha | 537 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 402.5 ha | 298 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 294.9 ha | 232 ha | 381 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 238.9 ha | 190 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 228 ha | 210 ha | 240 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Sweden?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Sweden was 240 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1,549 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 190 ha in 2018.
- How does Sweden rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Sweden ranks 85th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sweden 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.