Cucumber and gherkin production rose 0.382% to 180 kt in India in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, cucumber and gherkin production in India reached an all time high of 183 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 26.0 kt in 1961. When compared to India's main peers, cucumber and gherkin production in Bangladesh amounted to 157 kt, 75,548 kt in China, 47.4 kt in Pakistan and 39.1 kt in Sri Lanka in 2021.
India has been ranked 29th within the group of 120 countries we follow in terms of cucumber and gherkin production, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Cucumber and Gherkin Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Afghanistan | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Bangladesh | kt | 109 | 121 | 113 | 119 | 130 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.19 | 1.95 | 2.21 | 2.69 | 1.97 | |||||||||||
| China | kt | 62,806 | 65,157 | 67,602 | 70,339 | 72,928 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 173 | 177 | 180 | 183 | 185 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | kt | 1,682 | 751 | 651 | 667 | 571 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 550 | 560 | 550 | 548 | 539 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | kt | 97.6 | 88.5 | 85.1 | 103 | 101 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Myanmar | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pakistan | kt | 59.2 | 65.6 | 68.7 | 77.6 | 46.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 1,493 | 1,505 | 1,604 | 1,626 | 1,687 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kt | 38.3 | 33.1 | 49.8 | 39.0 | 42.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 786 | 858 | 701 | 670 | 567 |
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