Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Cucumbers and gherkins — Production was 968,545 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — production in Western Europe stood at 968,545 t.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — production in Western Europe peaked at 978,494 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 338,597 t, in 1961.
Western Europe ranks 17th 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 — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 338,597 t | — |
| 1962 | 352,140 t | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 488,878 t | +38.8% |
| 1964 | 441,599 t | -9.7% |
| 1965 | 423,077 t | -4.2% |
| 1966 | 571,319 t | +35.0% |
| 1967 | 585,470 t | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 558,253 t | -4.6% |
| 1969 | 556,526 t | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 593,752 t | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 583,898 t | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 662,461 t | +13.5% |
| 1973 | 637,427 t | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 597,888 t | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 711,526 t | +19.0% |
| 1976 | 638,544 t | -10.3% |
| 1977 | 726,941 t | +13.8% |
| 1978 | 652,469 t | -10.2% |
| 1979 | 698,671 t | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 642,878 t | -8.0% |
| 1981 | 694,987 t | +8.1% |
| 1982 | 717,458 t | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 708,759 t | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 657,935 t | -7.2% |
| 1985 | 702,069 t | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 770,884 t | +9.8% |
| 1987 | 708,772 t | -8.1% |
| 1988 | 762,623 t | +7.6% |
| 1989 | 815,594 t | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 786,981 t | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 838,231 t | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 880,941 t | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 838,770 t | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 887,236 t | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 899,650 t | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 874,497 t | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 861,267 t | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 816,157 t | -5.2% |
| 1999 | 852,084 t | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 821,134 t | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 841,645 t | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 886,683 t | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 877,455 t | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 855,330 t | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 863,550 t | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 853,069 t | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 874,394 t | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 867,020 t | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 909,932 t | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 895,357 t | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 888,337 t | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 866,436 t | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 826,824 t | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 903,228 t | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 854,164 t | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 893,280 t | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 889,202 t | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 898,711 t | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 884,964 t | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 949,163 t | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 978,494 t | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 904,510 t | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 972,250 t | +7.5% |
| 2024 | 968,545 t | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 479,540 t | 338,597 t | 585,470 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 650,358 t | 583,898 t | 726,941 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 718,196 t | 642,878 t | 815,594 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 853,581 t | 786,981 t | 899,650 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 865,021 t | 821,134 t | 909,932 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 880,050 t | 826,824 t | 903,228 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 954,592 t | 904,510 t | 978,494 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 14 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 416,000 t compare
- 15 Indonesia 399,199 t compare
- 16 Republic of Korea 288,552 t compare
- 17 Germany 284,890 t compare
- 18 Cameroon 265,462 t compare
- 19 Sudan 230,449 t compare
- 20 Saudi Arabia 227,454 t compare
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- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 6.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.7159 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 182,443 1000 An (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 7,060 ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 13,867 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — production in Western Europe?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — production in Western Europe was 968,545 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 978,494 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 338,597 t in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for cucumbers and gherkins — production?
- Western Europe ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.