Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in India
India: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 14,698 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
India recorded 14,698 kg/ha for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.5% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in India peaked at 16,845 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4,727 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places India 97th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,727 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,278 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 5,333 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 5,250 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 5,301 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 5,412 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 5,556 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 5,484 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 5,521 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 5,800 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 5,784 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 5,810 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 5,796 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 5,818 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 6,000 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,016 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 6,192 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 6,200 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 6,214 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 6,276 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 6,310 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 6,326 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 6,318 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 6,333 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 6,405 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 6,415 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 6,489 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 7,094 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 7,430 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 7,706 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 7,952 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 8,187 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 8,419 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 8,650 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 8,882 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 9,114 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 9,347 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 9,836 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 10,325 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 10,815 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 11,305 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 11,797 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 12,289 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 12,782 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 13,276 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 13,770 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 15,000 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 15,175 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 15,634 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 15,767 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 15,767 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 16,845 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 15,429 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 15,357 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 15,188 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 14,782 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 14,166 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 14,221 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 13,426 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 14,698 kg/ha | +9.5% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 14,698 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 22,144 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,145 kg/ha | 4,727 kg/ha | 5,412 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,757 kg/ha | 5,484 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,259 kg/ha | 6,016 kg/ha | 6,405 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,722 kg/ha | 6,415 kg/ha | 8,882 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,088 kg/ha | 9,114 kg/ha | 13,276 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,393 kg/ha | 13,770 kg/ha | 16,845 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,258 kg/ha | 13,426 kg/ha | 14,782 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in India?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in India was 14,698 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 16,845 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,727 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- India ranks 97th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.