Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Sweden
Sweden: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 158,708 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Sweden, 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 Sweden is 158,708 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 16.5% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Sweden peaked at 190,143 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,071 kg/ha, in 1962.
Sweden ranks 10th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Sweden, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,634 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,071 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1963 | 20,334 kg/ha | +101.9% |
| 1964 | 17,215 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1965 | 15,980 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1966 | 22,974 kg/ha | +43.8% |
| 1967 | 22,222 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 21,805 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 25,102 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1970 | 20,625 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1971 | 20,193 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 20,071 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 22,015 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1974 | 19,262 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1975 | 17,931 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 17,177 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 18,315 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 18,331 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 54,252 kg/ha | +196.0% |
| 1980 | 52,197 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 57,733 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1982 | 70,518 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1983 | 85,135 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1984 | 63,167 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1985 | 64,453 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 65,541 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 39,737 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 1988 | 29,445 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1989 | 30,885 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 44,562 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 1991 | 42,515 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 44,446 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 46,167 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 59,383 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1995 | 69,266 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 79,026 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1997 | 92,571 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1998 | 95,294 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 103,141 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 98,173 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 93,651 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 103,982 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2003 | 118,152 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2004 | 120,635 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 154,310 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2006 | 132,959 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2007 | 127,667 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 92,333 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2009 | 102,000 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 116,333 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2011 | 162,100 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 2012 | 122,333 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 2013 | 153,880 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2014 | 181,524 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2015 | 154,667 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2016 | 156,111 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 181,429 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2018 | 188,368 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 189,500 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 175,091 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 181,375 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 160,522 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2023 | 190,143 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2024 | 158,708 kg/ha | -16.5% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 158,708 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 69,682 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 158,708 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 57,708 kg/ha, 2.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Sweden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +196.0% | 18,331 kg/ha | 54,252 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,926 kg/ha | 10,071 kg/ha | 25,102 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,817 kg/ha | 17,177 kg/ha | 54,252 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,881 kg/ha | 29,445 kg/ha | 85,135 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 67,637 kg/ha | 42,515 kg/ha | 103,141 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 114,386 kg/ha | 92,333 kg/ha | 154,310 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 160,624 kg/ha | 116,333 kg/ha | 189,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 173,168 kg/ha | 158,708 kg/ha | 190,143 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 7 Finland 255,333 kg/ha compare
- 8 Norway 198,000 kg/ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15,324 kg/ha compare
- 9 Ireland 179,000 kg/ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 10,519 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10,274 kg/ha compare
- 11 Switzerland 142,455 kg/ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 8,564 kg/ha compare
- 12 Austria 134,344 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,554 kg/ha compare
- 13 Germany 127,753 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sweden
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 15.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.015 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 949.09 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1092 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Sweden?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Sweden was 158,708 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 190,143 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,071 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Sweden rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Sweden ranks 10th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sweden 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.