Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 76,632 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Saudi Arabia, 1978–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 76,632 kg/ha for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 94.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 85,800 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7,135 kg/ha, in 1979.
Saudi Arabia ranks 27th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 7,138 kg/ha | — |
| 1979 | 7,135 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,235 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1981 | 20,990 kg/ha | +154.9% |
| 1982 | 9,111 kg/ha | -56.6% |
| 1983 | 12,718 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 1984 | 18,524 kg/ha | +45.7% |
| 1985 | 22,287 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1986 | 22,427 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 27,036 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1988 | 22,732 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1989 | 22,318 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 27,465 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1991 | 26,386 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 24,971 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 27,553 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1994 | 27,529 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 27,594 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 26,757 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 22,620 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1998 | 24,333 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 49,424 kg/ha | +103.1% |
| 2000 | 49,926 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 57,433 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2002 | 61,540 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 61,278 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 70,180 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2005 | 71,341 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 66,558 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 64,784 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 68,398 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 68,341 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 70,174 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 69,617 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 73,461 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 77,087 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 39,401 kg/ha | -48.9% |
| 2015 | 37,463 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 37,625 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 36,947 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 48,619 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2019 | 40,538 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2020 | 79,169 kg/ha | +95.3% |
| 2021 | 79,999 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 85,800 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 77,808 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 76,632 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 76,632 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 69,682 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 76,632 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 45,075 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Saudi Arabia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +154.9% | 8,235 kg/ha | 20,990 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +103.1% | 24,333 kg/ha | 49,424 kg/ha |
| 2020 | +95.3% | 40,538 kg/ha | 79,169 kg/ha |
| 1982 | -56.6% | 20,990 kg/ha | 9,111 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7,137 kg/ha | 7,135 kg/ha | 7,138 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1980s | 18,638 kg/ha | 8,235 kg/ha | 27,036 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,463 kg/ha | 22,620 kg/ha | 49,424 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,978 kg/ha | 49,926 kg/ha | 71,341 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,093 kg/ha | 36,947 kg/ha | 77,087 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 79,882 kg/ha | 76,632 kg/ha | 85,800 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Saudi Arabia was 76,632 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 85,800 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,135 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 27th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.