Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Greece
Greece: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 72,500 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Greece stood at 72,500 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.9% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Greece peaked at 80,056 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10,903 kg/ha, in 1961.
Greece ranks 29th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,903 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,512 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 11,682 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 12,988 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1965 | 13,393 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 14,558 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 14,900 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 18,736 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1969 | 19,583 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 29,587 kg/ha | +51.1% |
| 1971 | 28,098 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 32,920 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1973 | 36,982 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1974 | 39,902 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 37,766 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1976 | 42,822 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1977 | 47,670 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1978 | 38,736 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1979 | 41,572 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 57,318 kg/ha | +37.9% |
| 1981 | 56,237 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 62,022 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1983 | 56,562 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 51,506 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1985 | 57,552 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1986 | 58,480 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 65,620 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1988 | 66,720 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 65,000 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 56,278 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1991 | 72,769 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1992 | 73,905 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 60,531 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1994 | 59,166 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 59,830 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 59,387 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 61,058 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 59,423 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 56,122 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 58,225 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 57,696 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 60,955 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 61,485 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 58,228 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 57,497 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 56,457 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 57,305 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 57,281 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 54,868 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 58,346 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 56,335 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 56,506 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 55,308 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 63,529 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 62,617 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 69,473 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2017 | 65,632 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 75,476 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2019 | 78,810 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 80,056 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 71,142 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2022 | 70,192 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 62,546 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2024 | 72,500 kg/ha | +15.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 72,500 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 69,682 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Greece's 72,500 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 57,708 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,251 kg/ha | 10,903 kg/ha | 19,583 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,606 kg/ha | 28,098 kg/ha | 47,670 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,702 kg/ha | 51,506 kg/ha | 66,720 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 61,847 kg/ha | 56,122 kg/ha | 73,905 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,000 kg/ha | 54,868 kg/ha | 61,485 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 64,203 kg/ha | 55,308 kg/ha | 78,810 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 71,287 kg/ha | 62,546 kg/ha | 80,056 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 26 Latvia 79,000 kg/ha compare
- 27 Saudi Arabia 76,632 kg/ha compare
- 28 Côte d'Ivoire 4,851 kg/ha compare
- 28 Czechia 76,593 kg/ha compare
- 30 Republic of Korea 70,624 kg/ha compare
- 31 Estonia 69,714 kg/ha compare
- 32 Poland 69,650 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Greece?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Greece was 72,500 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 80,056 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,903 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Greece ranks 29th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.