Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Japan
Japan: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 54,902 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 54,902 kg/ha for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Japan peaked at 56,152 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 18,287 kg/ha, in 1961.
Japan ranks 38th 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 Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,287 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,090 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1963 | 20,507 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 21,092 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 22,379 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 24,607 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 27,761 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1968 | 29,715 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1969 | 30,108 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 30,608 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 32,038 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 34,350 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 35,498 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 36,184 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 39,046 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1976 | 38,323 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 42,047 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1978 | 42,095 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 43,044 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 40,237 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 42,205 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 43,012 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 42,951 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 44,770 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 44,145 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 45,614 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 46,009 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 45,153 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 46,651 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 46,094 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 45,362 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 47,310 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 45,408 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 48,083 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 48,612 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 48,406 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 49,850 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 46,644 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 47,869 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 50,428 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 49,696 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 50,639 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 48,518 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 49,117 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 50,351 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 47,977 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 50,078 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 50,192 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 50,016 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 48,578 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 49,966 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 50,569 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 50,386 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 49,441 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 49,991 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 50,486 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 51,806 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 51,887 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 53,214 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 53,386 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 55,463 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 56,152 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 55,869 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 54,902 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 54,902 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 69,682 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Japan's 54,902 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14,384 kg/ha, 3.8× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,838 kg/ha | 18,287 kg/ha | 30,108 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,323 kg/ha | 30,608 kg/ha | 43,044 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,075 kg/ha | 40,237 kg/ha | 46,651 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,364 kg/ha | 45,362 kg/ha | 49,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,701 kg/ha | 47,977 kg/ha | 50,639 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,632 kg/ha | 48,578 kg/ha | 53,214 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,154 kg/ha | 53,386 kg/ha | 56,152 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Japan?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Japan was 54,902 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 56,152 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,287 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Japan ranks 38th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.