Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Europe
Europe: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 45,204 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Europe, 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 Europe is 45,204 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Europe peaked at 45,204 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,519 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Europe 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,713 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,519 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1963 | 8,637 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1964 | 9,348 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1965 | 8,682 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 9,976 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1967 | 10,677 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 10,198 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 9,793 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 10,773 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 10,500 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 11,028 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 11,557 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 10,536 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 11,493 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 10,593 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1977 | 12,448 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1978 | 10,220 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1979 | 13,054 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1980 | 11,480 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1981 | 13,376 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1982 | 14,172 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 13,985 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 13,488 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 13,016 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 13,935 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 13,716 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 14,535 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 13,108 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1990 | 15,150 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1991 | 15,150 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 15,255 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 16,558 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 16,019 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 15,641 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 17,120 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 16,810 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 17,936 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 18,562 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 17,896 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 19,032 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 21,020 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 23,780 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2004 | 23,271 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 23,279 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 24,661 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 24,570 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 25,690 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 25,852 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 27,031 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 29,210 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 30,306 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 31,078 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 31,816 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 32,148 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 34,694 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 35,220 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 37,762 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 37,456 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 40,901 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 41,341 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 43,962 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 43,458 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 45,204 kg/ha | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,283 kg/ha | 7,519 kg/ha | 10,677 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,220 kg/ha | 10,220 kg/ha | 13,054 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,481 kg/ha | 11,480 kg/ha | 14,535 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,420 kg/ha | 15,150 kg/ha | 18,562 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,905 kg/ha | 17,896 kg/ha | 25,852 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,672 kg/ha | 27,031 kg/ha | 37,762 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,973 kg/ha | 40,901 kg/ha | 45,204 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 500,000 kg/ha compare
- 4 Melanesia 21,691 kg/ha compare
- 5 Belgium 424,857 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
- 9 Ireland 179,000 kg/ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 10,519 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10,274 kg/ha compare
- 10 Sweden 158,708 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Europe?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Europe was 45,204 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 45,204 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,519 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Europe rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Europe ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe 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.