Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 83,873 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Western Asia stood at 83,873 ha.
The figure is up 8.2% on the previous year and down 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 153,336 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 43,597 ha, in 1961.
Western Asia ranks 10th of 29 groups 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 43,597 ha | — |
| 1962 | 46,707 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 50,680 ha | +8.5% |
| 1964 | 57,507 ha | +13.5% |
| 1965 | 57,064 ha | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 55,194 ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 59,296 ha | +7.4% |
| 1968 | 52,380 ha | -11.7% |
| 1969 | 54,261 ha | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 54,596 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 58,182 ha | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 62,732 ha | +7.8% |
| 1973 | 61,557 ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 57,948 ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 59,603 ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 63,041 ha | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 74,151 ha | +17.6% |
| 1978 | 76,271 ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 81,040 ha | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 96,501 ha | +19.1% |
| 1981 | 98,367 ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 106,812 ha | +8.6% |
| 1983 | 115,223 ha | +7.9% |
| 1984 | 106,412 ha | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 126,733 ha | +19.1% |
| 1986 | 113,448 ha | -10.5% |
| 1987 | 114,407 ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 108,382 ha | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 105,723 ha | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 114,921 ha | +8.7% |
| 1991 | 98,172 ha | -14.6% |
| 1992 | 119,508 ha | +21.7% |
| 1993 | 118,026 ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 114,657 ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 122,607 ha | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 123,273 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 119,166 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 121,363 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 134,929 ha | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 134,558 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 135,888 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 143,754 ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 135,487 ha | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 147,674 ha | +9.0% |
| 2005 | 153,336 ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 141,406 ha | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 135,446 ha | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 134,709 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 133,284 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 136,907 ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 139,785 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 126,867 ha | -9.2% |
| 2013 | 128,127 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 115,893 ha | -9.5% |
| 2015 | 104,001 ha | -10.3% |
| 2016 | 91,358 ha | -12.2% |
| 2017 | 89,971 ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 88,178 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 93,370 ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 96,199 ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 89,679 ha | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 90,550 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 77,544 ha | -14.4% |
| 2024 | 83,873 ha | +8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,965 ha | 43,597 ha | 59,296 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,912 ha | 54,596 ha | 81,040 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 109,201 ha | 96,501 ha | 126,733 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 118,662 ha | 98,172 ha | 134,929 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 139,554 ha | 133,284 ha | 153,336 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 111,446 ha | 88,178 ha | 139,785 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 87,569 ha | 77,544 ha | 96,199 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 7 Indonesia 38,247 ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 33,499 ha compare
- 9 Uzbekistan 33,427 ha compare
- 10 Egypt 19,532 ha compare
- 11 Thailand 19,178 ha compare
- 12 Sudan 18,527 ha compare
- 13 Bangladesh 17,775 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Western Asia was 83,873 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 153,336 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,597 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.