Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 56,922 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Western Africa is 56,922 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 320.4% on the previous year and up 648.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 56,922 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15 ha, in 1987.
Western Africa ranks 14th of 29 groups on this measure, 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 15 ha | — |
| 1988 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 16 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 5,018 ha | +31262.5% |
| 1991 | 6,567 ha | +30.9% |
| 1992 | 6,613 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 6,549 ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 6,832 ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 7,022 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 7,059 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 7,659 ha | +8.5% |
| 1998 | 8,495 ha | +10.9% |
| 1999 | 5,156 ha | -39.3% |
| 2000 | 5,419 ha | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 7,982 ha | +47.3% |
| 2002 | 7,785 ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 5,973 ha | -23.3% |
| 2004 | 5,945 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 6,192 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 6,301 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 6,845 ha | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 6,818 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 7,074 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 7,049 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 8,788 ha | +24.7% |
| 2012 | 5,382 ha | -38.8% |
| 2013 | 7,356 ha | +36.7% |
| 2014 | 7,607 ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 8,555 ha | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 8,642 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 9,039 ha | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 9,279 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 9,418 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 10,529 ha | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 9,791 ha | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 10,657 ha | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 13,540 ha | +27.1% |
| 2024 | 56,922 ha | +320.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15.33 ha | 15 ha | 16 ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 6,697 ha | 5,018 ha | 8,495 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,633 ha | 5,419 ha | 7,982 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,112 ha | 5,382 ha | 9,418 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,288 ha | 9,791 ha | 56,922 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 11 Thailand 19,178 ha compare
- 12 Sudan 18,527 ha compare
- 13 Bangladesh 17,775 ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 138 ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 92 ha compare
- 14 Kazakhstan 17,154 ha compare
- 15 Mexico 16,056 ha compare
- 16 Yugoslav SFR 15,500 ha compare
- 17 Iraq 14,643 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Western Africa was 56,922 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 56,922 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 ha in 1987.
- How does Western Africa rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 648.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.