Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Australia
Australia: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 29,700 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 29,700 kg/ha for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 54.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Australia peaked at 72,671 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 8,080 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Australia 58th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,245 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,891 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1963 | 10,812 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 11,657 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 12,823 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 11,434 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1967 | 11,209 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 11,749 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 11,637 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 10,654 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1971 | 11,755 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 12,566 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1973 | 12,548 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 12,189 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 11,298 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1976 | 11,762 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 12,133 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 11,431 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 11,944 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 11,816 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 12,091 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 11,396 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 12,371 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1984 | 12,048 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 12,432 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 12,223 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 12,225 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 14,314 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1989 | 11,679 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1990 | 13,013 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1991 | 12,200 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 14,285 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1993 | 13,186 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 14,000 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 13,867 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 14,939 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 15,844 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 14,069 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 19,478 kg/ha | +38.4% |
| 2000 | 14,985 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2001 | 8,080 kg/ha | -46.1% |
| 2002 | 11,690 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 2003 | 14,854 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2004 | 15,845 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 13,333 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2006 | 34,122 kg/ha | +155.9% |
| 2007 | 72,671 kg/ha | +113.0% |
| 2008 | 38,941 kg/ha | -46.4% |
| 2009 | 26,131 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 2010 | 25,478 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 27,591 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 27,341 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 27,123 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 19,216 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 2015 | 25,666 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 2016 | 26,990 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 27,788 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 28,610 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 29,454 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 30,264 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 29,985 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 29,168 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 29,434 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 29,700 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 29,700 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 69,682 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Australia's 29,700 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14,384 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +155.9% | 13,333 kg/ha | 34,122 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +113.0% | 34,122 kg/ha | 72,671 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,384 kg/ha | 10,245 kg/ha | 12,823 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,828 kg/ha | 10,654 kg/ha | 12,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,259 kg/ha | 11,396 kg/ha | 14,314 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,488 kg/ha | 12,200 kg/ha | 19,478 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,065 kg/ha | 8,080 kg/ha | 72,671 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,526 kg/ha | 19,216 kg/ha | 29,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,710 kg/ha | 29,168 kg/ha | 30,264 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 55 Lithuania 31,188 kg/ha compare
- 56 Uzbekistan 30,558 kg/ha compare
- 57 North Macedonia 29,759 kg/ha compare
- 59 Australia and New Zealand 29,634 kg/ha compare
- 60 Panama 28,437 kg/ha compare
- 61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27,880 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Australia?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Australia was 29,700 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 72,671 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,080 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Australia rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Australia ranks 58th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield. 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.