Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cucumbers and gherkins — Production was 78,104 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — production in Eastern Africa stood at 78,104 t.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 163.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 99,635 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,738 t, in 1974.
That places Eastern Africa 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,800 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,800 t | +55.6% |
| 1963 | 2,750 t | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 1,800 t | -34.5% |
| 1965 | 2,660 t | +47.8% |
| 1966 | 2,421 t | -9.0% |
| 1967 | 2,348 t | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 1,957 t | -16.7% |
| 1969 | 1,968 t | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 1,914 t | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 2,052 t | +7.2% |
| 1972 | 1,954 t | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 2,073 t | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 1,738 t | -16.2% |
| 1975 | 2,704 t | +55.6% |
| 1976 | 2,509 t | -7.2% |
| 1977 | 2,321 t | -7.5% |
| 1978 | 2,278 t | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 2,194 t | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 1,974 t | -10.0% |
| 1981 | 1,968 t | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 2,275 t | +15.6% |
| 1983 | 2,175 t | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 2,290 t | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 2,750 t | +20.1% |
| 1986 | 2,305 t | -16.2% |
| 1987 | 4,035 t | +75.1% |
| 1988 | 3,960 t | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 5,943 t | +50.1% |
| 1990 | 6,090 t | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 6,240 t | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 6,576 t | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 7,769 t | +18.1% |
| 1994 | 9,451 t | +21.7% |
| 1995 | 10,720 t | +13.4% |
| 1996 | 10,583 t | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 13,788 t | +30.3% |
| 1998 | 12,662 t | -8.2% |
| 1999 | 14,564 t | +15.0% |
| 2000 | 15,011 t | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 15,652 t | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 16,704 t | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 18,768 t | +12.4% |
| 2004 | 20,129 t | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 16,656 t | -17.3% |
| 2006 | 19,257 t | +15.6% |
| 2007 | 17,490 t | -9.2% |
| 2008 | 18,792 t | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 22,012 t | +17.1% |
| 2010 | 22,170 t | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 23,624 t | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 25,145 t | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 25,990 t | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 29,613 t | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 28,888 t | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 28,485 t | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 65,519 t | +130.0% |
| 2018 | 60,597 t | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 72,417 t | +19.5% |
| 2020 | 99,635 t | +37.6% |
| 2021 | 58,268 t | -41.5% |
| 2022 | 79,399 t | +36.3% |
| 2023 | 76,689 t | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 78,104 t | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,278 t | 1,800 t | 2,800 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,174 t | 1,738 t | 2,704 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,968 t | 1,968 t | 5,943 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,844 t | 6,090 t | 14,564 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,047 t | 15,011 t | 22,012 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,245 t | 22,170 t | 72,417 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 78,419 t | 58,268 t | 99,635 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 23 Azerbaijan 215,868 t compare
- 24 Algeria 192,943 t compare
- 25 Bangladesh 189,286 t compare
- 26 France 178,940 t compare
- 27 Thailand 176,804 t compare
- 28 Kyrgyzstan 150,317 t compare
- 29 Jordan 149,402 t compare
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- Oranges — Area harvested 87,521 ha (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight 3 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production 135,663 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 50.84 million An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight 3 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — production in Eastern Africa?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — production in Eastern Africa was 78,104 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 99,635 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,738 t in 1974.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cucumbers and gherkins — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 163.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cucumbers and gherkins — Production. 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.