Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 24,950 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Egypt stood at 24,950 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Egypt peaked at 25,914 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12,264 kg/ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 67th of 134 countries 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 — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,264 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,626 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 12,880 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 12,469 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 12,824 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 13,640 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1967 | 13,578 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 12,888 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 13,380 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 13,773 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 14,453 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 13,603 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 13,056 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 14,506 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 14,506 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 16,540 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1977 | 14,455 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1978 | 15,164 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 16,208 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1980 | 15,539 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 15,629 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 15,916 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 15,667 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 16,726 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1985 | 17,460 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 17,884 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 15,590 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1988 | 16,604 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 16,841 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 18,698 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 16,104 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1992 | 17,037 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 16,467 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 17,059 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 17,368 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 18,000 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 18,091 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 17,308 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 19,255 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 19,239 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 20,014 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 20,325 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 20,338 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 21,654 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 21,429 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 20,177 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 22,382 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2008 | 18,564 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2009 | 22,085 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2010 | 22,360 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 22,839 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 23,546 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 22,808 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 22,696 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 21,223 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 22,114 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 21,402 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 22,241 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 22,000 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 21,374 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 24,992 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2022 | 23,653 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 25,914 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2024 | 24,950 kg/ha | -3.7% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 24,950 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 22,144 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 24,950 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 45,075 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,950 kg/ha | 12,264 kg/ha | 13,640 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,626 kg/ha | 13,056 kg/ha | 16,540 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,386 kg/ha | 15,539 kg/ha | 17,884 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,539 kg/ha | 16,104 kg/ha | 19,255 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,621 kg/ha | 18,564 kg/ha | 22,382 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,323 kg/ha | 21,223 kg/ha | 23,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,176 kg/ha | 21,374 kg/ha | 25,914 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 64 Canada 26,335 kg/ha compare
- 65 Kazakhstan 25,569 kg/ha compare
- 66 China, Taiwan Province of 25,162 kg/ha compare
- 68 Barbados 24,715 kg/ha compare
- 69 Turkmenistan 24,465 kg/ha compare
- 70 Malawi 23,674 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Egypt?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Egypt was 24,950 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 25,914 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,264 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Egypt ranks 67th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.