Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 66,792 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Portugal, 1977–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Portugal stood at 66,792 kg/ha.
The figure is up 13.8% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Portugal peaked at 71,000 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 23,333 kg/ha, in 1993.
Portugal ranks 33rd of 134 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 30,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1978 | 27,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 27,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 27,500 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 28,500 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 27,500 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 26,500 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 24,000 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1985 | 25,200 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 32,000 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1987 | 36,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 28,846 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1989 | 30,000 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 33,333 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 30,357 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 27,778 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1993 | 23,333 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1994 | 26,911 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1995 | 27,207 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 24,138 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1997 | 27,649 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1998 | 27,927 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 28,240 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 28,511 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 28,808 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 29,043 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 29,320 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 29,483 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 30,385 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 31,261 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 24,286 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 2008 | 33,744 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 2009 | 35,566 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 36,936 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 36,464 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 52,326 kg/ha | +43.5% |
| 2013 | 45,844 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2014 | 61,328 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 2015 | 47,638 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 2016 | 52,200 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2017 | 54,535 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 71,000 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 2019 | 69,133 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 63,091 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2021 | 70,250 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 65,632 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2023 | 58,700 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2024 | 66,792 kg/ha | +13.8% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 66,792 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 69,682 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 66,792 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 57,708 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 28,000 kg/ha | 27,000 kg/ha | 30,000 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1980s | 28,605 kg/ha | 24,000 kg/ha | 36,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,687 kg/ha | 23,333 kg/ha | 33,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,041 kg/ha | 24,286 kg/ha | 35,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,740 kg/ha | 36,464 kg/ha | 71,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,893 kg/ha | 58,700 kg/ha | 70,250 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Portugal?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Portugal was 66,792 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 71,000 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,333 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Portugal rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Portugal ranks 33rd out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.