Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in South America
South America: Cucumbers and gherkins — Production was 134,951 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South America recorded 134,951 t for cucumbers and gherkins — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — production in South America peaked at 136,143 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 29,500 t, in 1961.
That places South America 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 30,300 t | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 31,600 t | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 34,150 t | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 35,257 t | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 37,264 t | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 38,414 t | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 38,313 t | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 38,504 t | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 43,423 t | +12.8% |
| 1971 | 46,470 t | +7.0% |
| 1972 | 46,560 t | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 46,845 t | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 44,463 t | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 46,296 t | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 47,185 t | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 47,447 t | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 45,581 t | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 45,874 t | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 51,238 t | +11.7% |
| 1981 | 50,994 t | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 55,143 t | +8.1% |
| 1983 | 54,539 t | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 55,679 t | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 56,870 t | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 59,444 t | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 64,367 t | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 64,441 t | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 61,706 t | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 60,309 t | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 56,479 t | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 59,468 t | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 68,439 t | +15.1% |
| 1994 | 55,562 t | -18.8% |
| 1995 | 59,190 t | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 59,862 t | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 60,058 t | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 69,924 t | +16.4% |
| 1999 | 69,900 t | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 71,903 t | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 63,006 t | -12.4% |
| 2002 | 62,513 t | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 78,289 t | +25.2% |
| 2004 | 74,071 t | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 54,084 t | -27.0% |
| 2006 | 55,173 t | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 76,820 t | +39.2% |
| 2008 | 84,600 t | +10.1% |
| 2009 | 112,193 t | +32.6% |
| 2010 | 118,877 t | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 111,345 t | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 99,969 t | -10.2% |
| 2013 | 105,010 t | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 114,002 t | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 119,809 t | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 116,214 t | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 121,912 t | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 121,798 t | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 122,995 t | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 122,769 t | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 134,891 t | +9.9% |
| 2022 | 132,916 t | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 136,143 t | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 134,951 t | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,811 t | 29,500 t | 38,504 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,014 t | 43,423 t | 47,447 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 57,442 t | 50,994 t | 64,441 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 61,919 t | 55,562 t | 69,924 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 73,265 t | 54,084 t | 112,193 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 115,193 t | 99,969 t | 122,995 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 132,334 t | 122,769 t | 136,143 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 20 Saudi Arabia 227,454 t compare
- 21 Belarus 227,297 t compare
- 22 Tajikistan 218,517 t compare
- 23 Azerbaijan 215,868 t compare
- 24 Algeria 192,943 t compare
- 25 Bangladesh 189,286 t compare
- 26 France 178,940 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 4.58 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — production in South America?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — production in South America was 134,951 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 136,143 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,500 t in 1961.
- How does South America rank for cucumbers and gherkins — production?
- South America ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.