Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Belgium
Belgium: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 424,857 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Belgium is 424,857 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and up 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Belgium peaked at 460,465 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 201,000 kg/ha, in 2012.
That places Belgium 5th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 300,722 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 324,675 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 310,588 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 325,581 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 360,241 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 341,194 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 240,000 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2007 | 203,000 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2008 | 417,391 kg/ha | +105.6% |
| 2009 | 460,465 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 420,000 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2011 | 352,830 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2012 | 201,000 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 2013 | 355,102 kg/ha | +76.7% |
| 2014 | 338,462 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 410,976 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2016 | 421,071 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 405,238 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 408,167 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 392,429 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 460,000 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2021 | 457,714 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 388,000 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2023 | 441,444 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2024 | 424,857 kg/ha | -3.8% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 424,857 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 69,682 kg/ha, 6.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 424,857 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 57,708 kg/ha, 7.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +105.6% | 203,000 kg/ha | 417,391 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 328,386 kg/ha | 203,000 kg/ha | 460,465 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 370,528 kg/ha | 201,000 kg/ha | 421,071 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 434,403 kg/ha | 388,000 kg/ha | 460,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 2 Oman 526,091 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iceland 522,250 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 27,995 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 500,000 kg/ha compare
- 4 Melanesia 21,691 kg/ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 19,330 kg/ha compare
- 6 Denmark 278,600 kg/ha compare
- 6 Polynesia 18,158 kg/ha compare
- 7 Finland 255,333 kg/ha compare
- 8 Norway 198,000 kg/ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15,324 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Belgium?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Belgium was 424,857 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 460,465 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 201,000 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Belgium rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Belgium ranks 5th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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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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.