Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 179,000 kg/ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Ireland, 1983–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2022, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Ireland stood at 179,000 kg/ha.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Ireland peaked at 237,500 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 153,333 kg/ha, in 1993.
Ireland ranks 9th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 187,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1984 | 191,667 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 189,714 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 179,000 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 200,000 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1988 | 183,333 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1989 | 200,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 180,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 173,700 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 192,308 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1993 | 153,333 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1994 | 166,333 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1995 | 166,667 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 170,163 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 169,726 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 169,820 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 169,520 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 158,333 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 169,582 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 164,286 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 164,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 172,727 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 172,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 172,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 172,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 170,000 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 237,500 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 2010 | 237,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 237,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 212,500 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2013 | 212,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 175,000 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2015 | 225,000 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 2016 | 200,000 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 206,125 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 165,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2019 | 173,000 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 185,000 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 176,000 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 179,000 kg/ha | +1.7% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 179,000 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 69,682 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 179,000 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 57,708 kg/ha, 3.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 190,150 kg/ha | 179,000 kg/ha | 200,000 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1990s | 171,157 kg/ha | 153,333 kg/ha | 192,308 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 175,490 kg/ha | 158,333 kg/ha | 237,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 204,412 kg/ha | 165,000 kg/ha | 237,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 180,000 kg/ha | 176,000 kg/ha | 185,000 kg/ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 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 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
- 11 Switzerland 142,455 kg/ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 8,564 kg/ha compare
- 12 Austria 134,344 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,554 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0106 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,391 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.9559 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3541 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Ireland?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Ireland was 179,000 kg/ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 237,500 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 153,333 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Ireland rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Ireland ranks 9th out of 134 countries with data for 2022.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland 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.