Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 5,102 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Western Europe stood at 5,102 ha.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 20,939 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 4,919 ha, in 2006.
Western Europe ranks 23rd of 29 groups 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,359 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,395 ha | +12.4% |
| 1963 | 20,939 ha | +13.8% |
| 1964 | 17,142 ha | -18.1% |
| 1965 | 15,947 ha | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 16,688 ha | +4.6% |
| 1967 | 16,288 ha | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 14,193 ha | -12.9% |
| 1969 | 14,882 ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 14,684 ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 14,254 ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 12,486 ha | -12.4% |
| 1973 | 12,790 ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 11,328 ha | -11.4% |
| 1975 | 11,471 ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 12,865 ha | +12.2% |
| 1977 | 13,482 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 13,091 ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 12,603 ha | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 11,308 ha | -10.3% |
| 1981 | 11,354 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 10,863 ha | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 9,592 ha | -11.7% |
| 1984 | 8,825 ha | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 8,817 ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 9,870 ha | +11.9% |
| 1987 | 10,517 ha | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 9,657 ha | -8.2% |
| 1989 | 9,338 ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 7,606 ha | -18.5% |
| 1991 | 7,844 ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 7,948 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 7,090 ha | -10.8% |
| 1994 | 7,456 ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 7,452 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 6,877 ha | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 6,558 ha | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 6,017 ha | -8.2% |
| 1999 | 6,045 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 5,756 ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 5,756 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,644 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 5,862 ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 5,171 ha | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 5,202 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 4,919 ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 6,406 ha | +30.2% |
| 2008 | 6,168 ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 6,174 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 6,157 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 5,904 ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 5,924 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 5,608 ha | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 5,748 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 5,486 ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 7,798 ha | +42.1% |
| 2017 | 5,248 ha | -32.7% |
| 2018 | 5,302 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 5,047 ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 5,209 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 5,238 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 4,992 ha | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 5,225 ha | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 5,102 ha | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,759 ha | 14,193 ha | 20,939 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,905 ha | 11,328 ha | 14,684 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,014 ha | 8,817 ha | 11,354 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,089 ha | 6,017 ha | 7,948 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,706 ha | 4,919 ha | 6,406 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,822 ha | 5,047 ha | 7,798 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,153 ha | 4,992 ha | 5,238 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 20 Spain 8,620 ha compare
- 21 Czechoslovakia 7,653 ha compare
- 22 Tajikistan 6,783 ha compare
- 23 Kyrgyzstan 6,753 ha compare
- 24 Poland 6,000 ha compare
- 25 Mali 5,986 ha compare
- 26 Belarus 5,573 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 6.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 0.9254 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.9364 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in Western Europe was 5,102 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 20,939 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,919 ha in 2006.
- How does Western Europe rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.