Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 18,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 18,000 kg/ha for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 118.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 18,000 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,000 kg/ha, in 1991.
Zimbabwe ranks 88th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 13,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 8,000 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1992 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8,317 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 8,289 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 8,251 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 8,223 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 8,242 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 8,291 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 8,426 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 8,000 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 12,000 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 2020 | 15,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 17,000 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2023 | 17,421 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 18,000 kg/ha | +3.3% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 18,000 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 22,144 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 18,000 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,316 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,533 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 13,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,000 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,604 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,484 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 18,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Zimbabwe was 18,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 18,000 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 88th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 118.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.