Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 17,817 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in South Africa stood at 17,817 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in South Africa peaked at 20,000 kg/ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 9,579 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places South Africa 89th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,073 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,579 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 11,429 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 14,286 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 14,667 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 15,000 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 16,250 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 18,889 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1974 | 16,667 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1975 | 20,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 18,333 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 17,958 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 16,202 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1980 | 16,667 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 16,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15,887 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 15,614 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 16,278 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 16,438 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 16,667 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 16,965 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 14,985 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1989 | 15,525 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 14,394 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1991 | 14,236 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 14,479 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 14,136 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 12,756 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1995 | 13,531 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 13,834 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 14,164 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 14,328 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 14,832 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 15,141 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 15,434 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 15,714 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 15,983 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 16,238 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 16,776 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 17,051 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 17,837 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 16,297 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2009 | 15,230 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 16,367 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 16,978 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 17,071 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 17,207 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 17,241 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 17,262 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 17,286 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 17,342 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 17,436 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 17,534 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 17,617 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 17,794 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 17,716 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 17,766 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 17,817 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,596 kg/ha | 9,579 kg/ha | 14,286 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,397 kg/ha | 14,667 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,169 kg/ha | 14,985 kg/ha | 16,965 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,069 kg/ha | 12,756 kg/ha | 14,832 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,170 kg/ha | 15,141 kg/ha | 17,837 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,172 kg/ha | 16,367 kg/ha | 17,534 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,742 kg/ha | 17,617 kg/ha | 17,817 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in South Africa?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in South Africa was 17,817 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 20,000 kg/ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,579 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does South Africa rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- South Africa ranks 89th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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.