Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in Egypt
Egypt: Cucumbers and gherkins — Production was 487,305 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 487,305 t for cucumbers and gherkins — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — production in Egypt peaked at 802,644 t in 2006 and was at its lowest, 144,346 t, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 11th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in Egypt, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 144,346 t | — |
| 1962 | 182,918 t | +26.7% |
| 1963 | 182,023 t | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 179,942 t | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 168,473 t | -6.4% |
| 1966 | 172,291 t | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 148,000 t | -14.1% |
| 1968 | 157,000 t | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 163,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 162,000 t | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 170,000 t | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 160,000 t | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 181,000 t | +13.1% |
| 1974 | 195,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 226,000 t | +15.9% |
| 1976 | 244,351 t | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 215,613 t | -11.8% |
| 1978 | 231,353 t | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 272,291 t | +17.7% |
| 1980 | 294,000 t | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 302,300 t | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 292,114 t | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 282,000 t | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 281,000 t | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 308,000 t | +9.6% |
| 1986 | 338,000 t | +9.7% |
| 1987 | 275,000 t | -18.6% |
| 1988 | 265,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 290,000 t | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 267,000 t | -7.9% |
| 1991 | 250,299 t | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 270,310 t | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 247,000 t | -8.6% |
| 1994 | 290,000 t | +17.4% |
| 1995 | 330,000 t | +13.8% |
| 1996 | 360,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1997 | 398,000 t | +10.6% |
| 1998 | 450,000 t | +13.1% |
| 1999 | 563,970 t | +25.3% |
| 2000 | 566,980 t | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 567,610 t | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 538,443 t | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 674,117 t | +25.2% |
| 2004 | 583,114 t | -13.5% |
| 2005 | 600,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 802,644 t | +33.8% |
| 2007 | 671,468 t | -16.3% |
| 2008 | 595,732 t | -11.3% |
| 2009 | 600,027 t | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 631,408 t | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 665,070 t | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 613,880 t | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 504,558 t | -17.8% |
| 2014 | 473,774 t | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 495,982 t | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 483,971 t | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 393,432 t | -18.7% |
| 2018 | 366,661 t | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 566,155 t | +54.4% |
| 2020 | 443,500 t | -21.7% |
| 2021 | 491,650 t | +10.9% |
| 2022 | 593,901 t | +20.8% |
| 2023 | 493,870 t | -16.8% |
| 2024 | 487,305 t | -1.3% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 487,305 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 129,326 t, 3.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 487,305 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 94,888 t, 5.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166,444 t | 144,346 t | 182,918 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 205,761 t | 160,000 t | 272,291 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 292,741 t | 265,000 t | 338,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 342,658 t | 247,000 t | 563,970 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 620,014 t | 538,443 t | 802,644 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 519,489 t | 366,661 t | 665,070 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 502,045 t | 443,500 t | 593,901 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 67,395 t compare
- 8 Ukraine 850,000 t compare
- 9 Spain 757,790 t compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17,116 t compare
- 10 Japan 502,900 t compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 16,122 t compare
- 11 Melanesia 8,445 t compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,731 t compare
- 12 Kazakhstan 438,620 t compare
- 13 Poland 417,900 t compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 1,179 t compare
- 14 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 416,000 t compare
- 14 Polynesia 678.05 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — production in Egypt?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — production in Egypt was 487,305 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — production recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 802,644 t in 2006.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — production recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 144,346 t in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for cucumbers and gherkins — production?
- Egypt ranks 11th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — production rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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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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.