Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 112 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland is 112 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 142 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 30 ha, in 1974.
Switzerland ranks 102nd of 134 countries 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 70 ha | — |
| 1962 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 50 ha | -28.6% |
| 1966 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 57 ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 55 ha | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 52 ha | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 45 ha | -13.5% |
| 1971 | 40 ha | -11.1% |
| 1972 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 32 ha | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 30 ha | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 36 ha | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 33 ha | -8.3% |
| 1977 | 39 ha | +18.2% |
| 1978 | 43 ha | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 36 ha | -16.3% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | +177.8% |
| 1981 | 83 ha | -17.0% |
| 1982 | 100 ha | +20.5% |
| 1983 | 108 ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 109 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 94 ha | -13.8% |
| 1986 | 98 ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 102 ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 108 ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 89 ha | -17.6% |
| 1990 | 98 ha | +10.1% |
| 1991 | 109 ha | +11.2% |
| 1992 | 91 ha | -16.5% |
| 1993 | 89 ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 94 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 94 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 82 ha | -12.8% |
| 1997 | 118 ha | +43.9% |
| 1998 | 83 ha | -29.7% |
| 1999 | 94 ha | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 100 ha | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 89 ha | -11.0% |
| 2002 | 115 ha | +29.2% |
| 2003 | 105 ha | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 85 ha | -19.0% |
| 2005 | 83 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 80 ha | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 87 ha | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 93 ha | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 94 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 87 ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 99 ha | +13.8% |
| 2014 | 83 ha | -16.2% |
| 2015 | 92 ha | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 87 ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 96 ha | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 92 ha | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 97 ha | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 109 ha | +12.4% |
| 2021 | 128 ha | +17.4% |
| 2022 | 142 ha | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 115 ha | -19.0% |
| 2024 | 112 ha | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61 ha | 50 ha | 70 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37.4 ha | 30 ha | 45 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 99.1 ha | 83 ha | 109 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 95.2 ha | 82 ha | 118 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 93 ha | 80 ha | 115 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 92 ha | 83 ha | 99 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 121.2 ha | 109 ha | 142 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 99 Guadeloupe 150 ha compare
- 100 Puerto Rico 139 ha compare
- 101 Croatia 120 ha compare
- 103 Slovenia 110 ha compare
- 104 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 106 ha compare
- 105 Latvia 100 ha compare
- 105 Norway 100 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 739.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8806 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1427 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6446 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6446 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Switzerland was 112 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 142 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 ha in 1974.
- How does Switzerland rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 102nd out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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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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.