Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 58,028 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 58,028 kg/ha for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Southern Europe peaked at 61,272 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12,811 kg/ha, in 1961.
Southern Europe ranks 5th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,811 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,470 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 14,086 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 15,020 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1965 | 15,040 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 15,089 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 15,085 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 16,177 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1969 | 16,425 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 18,039 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1971 | 18,038 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 18,866 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 18,894 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 19,689 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 19,338 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 20,072 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 21,340 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 19,878 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1979 | 20,984 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 23,073 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 23,162 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 24,233 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 22,756 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1984 | 21,717 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 21,777 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 21,366 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 23,850 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1988 | 23,508 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 22,404 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 22,068 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 24,792 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 34,603 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 1993 | 34,515 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 35,064 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 36,024 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 38,150 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 42,052 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1998 | 39,752 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1999 | 38,633 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 48,053 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2001 | 49,006 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 45,980 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 49,441 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 34,380 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 2005 | 31,552 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2006 | 36,208 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2007 | 33,711 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 37,929 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 34,636 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 38,942 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 40,360 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 47,730 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2013 | 49,804 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 49,689 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 49,841 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 49,210 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 48,431 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 51,560 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 56,576 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 59,040 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 56,951 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 61,272 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 55,417 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2024 | 58,028 kg/ha | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,800 kg/ha | 12,811 kg/ha | 16,425 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,514 kg/ha | 18,038 kg/ha | 21,340 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,785 kg/ha | 21,366 kg/ha | 24,233 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,565 kg/ha | 22,068 kg/ha | 42,052 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,090 kg/ha | 31,552 kg/ha | 49,441 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,214 kg/ha | 38,942 kg/ha | 56,576 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,142 kg/ha | 55,417 kg/ha | 61,272 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Southern Europe?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Southern Europe was 58,028 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 61,272 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,811 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Southern Europe ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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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About this data
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.