Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 198 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 198 ha.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 75.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 535 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 45 ha, in 1965.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 91st of 134 countries 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 Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50 ha | — |
| 1962 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 66 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 55 ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 45 ha | -18.2% |
| 1966 | 85 ha | +88.9% |
| 1967 | 230 ha | +170.6% |
| 1968 | 180 ha | -21.7% |
| 1969 | 185 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 200 ha | +8.1% |
| 1971 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 219 ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 219 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 212 ha | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 215 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 218 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 206 ha | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 205 ha | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 195 ha | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 190 ha | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 180 ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 240 ha | +33.3% |
| 1984 | 220 ha | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 320 ha | +39.1% |
| 1987 | 250 ha | -21.9% |
| 1988 | 320 ha | +28.0% |
| 1989 | 180 ha | -43.8% |
| 1990 | 240 ha | +33.3% |
| 1991 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 240 ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 230 ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 300 ha | +30.4% |
| 1995 | 305 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 280 ha | -8.2% |
| 1997 | 240 ha | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 300 ha | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 200 ha | -33.3% |
| 2000 | 270 ha | +35.0% |
| 2001 | 360 ha | +33.3% |
| 2002 | 270 ha | -25.0% |
| 2003 | 150 ha | -44.4% |
| 2004 | 168 ha | +12.0% |
| 2005 | 165 ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 238 ha | +44.2% |
| 2007 | 509 ha | +113.9% |
| 2008 | 535 ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 526 ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 184 ha | -65.0% |
| 2011 | 184 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 85 ha | -53.8% |
| 2013 | 162 ha | +90.6% |
| 2014 | 113 ha | -30.2% |
| 2015 | 130 ha | +15.0% |
| 2016 | 157 ha | +20.8% |
| 2017 | 258 ha | +64.3% |
| 2018 | 159 ha | -38.4% |
| 2019 | 147 ha | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 103 ha | -29.9% |
| 2021 | 112 ha | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 133 ha | +18.8% |
| 2023 | 194 ha | +45.9% |
| 2024 | 198 ha | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 105.67 ha | 45 ha | 230 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 210.4 ha | 200 ha | 219 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 232.5 ha | 180 ha | 320 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 258.5 ha | 200 ha | 305 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 319.1 ha | 150 ha | 535 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 157.9 ha | 85 ha | 258 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 148 ha | 103 ha | 198 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago was 198 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 535 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 45 ha in 1965.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 91st out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.