Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in China
China: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 53,674 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in China is 53,674 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in China peaked at 55,849 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 9,356 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places China 40th 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 China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,485 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,522 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 9,490 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 9,356 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 9,872 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 10,134 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 10,271 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 11,318 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 11,715 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 12,375 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 12,494 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 11,704 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 11,818 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 12,340 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 12,341 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 12,349 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 12,332 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 11,373 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1979 | 11,647 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 11,278 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 12,046 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 11,750 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 11,939 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 12,527 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 12,824 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 13,053 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 13,271 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 13,430 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 13,786 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 14,978 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 16,209 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 17,655 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 17,033 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 16,928 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 17,455 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 17,734 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 16,715 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 15,804 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 15,732 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 20,000 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2001 | 21,735 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 24,984 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 25,981 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 26,976 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 28,540 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 32,960 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2007 | 34,504 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 41,886 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2009 | 42,655 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 42,619 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 44,173 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 44,798 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 46,601 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 48,076 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 50,639 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 51,820 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 53,064 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 54,471 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 55,849 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 52,953 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 53,449 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 54,075 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 53,494 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 53,674 kg/ha | +0.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 53,674 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,413 kg/ha, 2.8× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- China's 53,674 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14,384 kg/ha, 3.7× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +27.1% | 15,732 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,129 kg/ha | 9,356 kg/ha | 11,715 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,077 kg/ha | 11,373 kg/ha | 12,494 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,590 kg/ha | 11,278 kg/ha | 13,786 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,624 kg/ha | 14,978 kg/ha | 17,734 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,022 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 42,655 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,211 kg/ha | 42,619 kg/ha | 55,849 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,529 kg/ha | 52,953 kg/ha | 54,075 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in China?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in China was 53,674 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 55,849 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,356 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does China rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- China ranks 40th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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.