Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Peru
Peru: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 19,489 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Peru, 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 Peru is 19,489 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Peru peaked at 20,790 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5,587 kg/ha, in 2005.
Peru ranks 83rd 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 11,333 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1965 | 11,357 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 12,429 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 10,753 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1968 | 11,209 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 9,783 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1970 | 15,024 kg/ha | +53.6% |
| 1971 | 17,111 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1972 | 19,838 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1973 | 19,312 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 17,237 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1975 | 16,536 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 14,946 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1977 | 15,509 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 14,878 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 15,292 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 16,170 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 14,274 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1982 | 16,320 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 15,538 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 16,381 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 13,634 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1986 | 13,551 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 16,376 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1988 | 15,880 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 12,807 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1990 | 10,836 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1991 | 13,694 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1992 | 15,605 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1993 | 16,885 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 8,338 kg/ha | -50.6% |
| 1995 | 8,681 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 10,524 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1997 | 11,318 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 10,994 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 11,560 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 12,364 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 13,803 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2002 | 15,668 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2003 | 14,853 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 13,116 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2005 | 5,587 kg/ha | -57.4% |
| 2006 | 15,659 kg/ha | +180.3% |
| 2007 | 17,931 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2008 | 18,102 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 14,795 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2010 | 16,708 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2011 | 16,652 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 17,003 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 17,579 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 18,166 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 17,951 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 19,406 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 18,097 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 18,356 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 20,790 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2020 | 20,418 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 20,292 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 19,606 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 18,551 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 19,489 kg/ha | +5.1% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 19,489 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,413 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Peru's 19,489 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 16,593 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Peru 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +180.3% | 5,587 kg/ha | 15,659 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,763 kg/ha | 9,783 kg/ha | 12,429 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,568 kg/ha | 14,878 kg/ha | 19,838 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,093 kg/ha | 12,807 kg/ha | 16,381 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,843 kg/ha | 8,338 kg/ha | 16,885 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,188 kg/ha | 5,587 kg/ha | 18,102 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,071 kg/ha | 16,652 kg/ha | 20,790 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,671 kg/ha | 18,551 kg/ha | 20,418 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Peru?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Peru was 19,489 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 20,790 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,587 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Peru rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Peru ranks 83rd out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.