Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 106 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 106 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 278 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 90 ha, in 2022.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 104th of 134 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 162 ha | — |
| 1962 | 202 ha | +24.7% |
| 1963 | 162 ha | -19.8% |
| 1964 | 162 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 162 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 162 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 162 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 162 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 162 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 162 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 162 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 162 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 121 ha | -25.3% |
| 1974 | 200 ha | +65.3% |
| 1975 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 238 ha | +19.0% |
| 1981 | 249 ha | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 239 ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 234 ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 225 ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 230 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 227 ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 211 ha | -7.0% |
| 1988 | 228 ha | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 239 ha | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 270 ha | +13.0% |
| 1991 | 278 ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 275 ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 256 ha | -6.9% |
| 1994 | 258 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 200 ha | -22.5% |
| 1996 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 178 ha | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 166 ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 169 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 138 ha | -18.3% |
| 2004 | 130 ha | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 120 ha | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 113 ha | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 103 ha | -8.8% |
| 2008 | 103 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 116 ha | +12.6% |
| 2010 | 114 ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 117 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 115 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 108 ha | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 105 ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 100 ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 99 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 99 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 102 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 112 ha | +9.8% |
| 2020 | 110 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 105 ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 90 ha | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 103 ha | +14.4% |
| 2024 | 106 ha | +2.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +65.3% | 121 ha | 200 ha |
| 1973 | -25.3% | 162 ha | 121 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166.44 ha | 162 ha | 202 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 180.7 ha | 121 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 232 ha | 211 ha | 249 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 233.7 ha | 200 ha | 278 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 133.6 ha | 103 ha | 178 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 107.1 ha | 99 ha | 117 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 102.8 ha | 90 ha | 110 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 106 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 278 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 90 ha in 2022.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 104th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.