Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Italy
Italy: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 39,626 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Italy, 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 Italy is 39,626 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 24.9% on the previous year and up 39.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Italy peaked at 39,626 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13,500 kg/ha, in 1961.
Italy ranks 50th 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,650 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1963 | 15,775 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 15,410 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 16,018 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 16,429 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 16,501 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 17,150 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 18,324 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 18,714 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 20,000 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1972 | 19,852 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 19,879 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 21,022 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1975 | 21,496 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 22,208 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 21,422 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1978 | 21,671 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 21,501 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 22,475 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 23,661 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 23,633 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 23,807 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 24,222 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 23,433 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 23,806 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 23,360 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 24,165 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 24,218 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 25,058 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 23,848 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 25,154 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 26,617 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 26,714 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 25,611 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 26,921 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 25,721 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 22,267 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1999 | 23,700 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 28,785 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2001 | 29,635 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 31,937 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 31,716 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 32,936 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 33,147 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 30,866 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 32,265 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 34,637 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 30,568 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2010 | 28,681 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 19,444 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 2012 | 28,802 kg/ha | +48.1% |
| 2013 | 28,756 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 28,416 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 28,147 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 28,776 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 26,714 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 26,645 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 29,561 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 28,900 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 31,318 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 31,227 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 31,737 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 39,626 kg/ha | +24.9% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 39,626 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 69,682 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Italy's 39,626 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 57,708 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Italy changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +48.1% | 19,444 kg/ha | 28,802 kg/ha |
| 2011 | -32.2% | 28,681 kg/ha | 19,444 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,973 kg/ha | 13,500 kg/ha | 18,324 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,777 kg/ha | 18,714 kg/ha | 22,208 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,678 kg/ha | 22,475 kg/ha | 24,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,161 kg/ha | 22,267 kg/ha | 26,921 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,649 kg/ha | 28,785 kg/ha | 34,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,394 kg/ha | 19,444 kg/ha | 29,561 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,562 kg/ha | 28,900 kg/ha | 39,626 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Italy?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Italy was 39,626 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 39,626 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,500 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Italy rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Italy ranks 50th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.