Cucumber and gherkin production rose 50.3% to 4.81 kt in Slovakia in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, cucumber and gherkin production in Slovakia reached an all time high of 159 kt in 1982 and an all time low of 3.20 kt in 2020. When compared to Slovakia's main peers, cucumber and gherkin production in Austria amounted to 47.7 kt, 15.9 kt in Czechia, 26.1 kt in Hungary and 473 kt in Poland in 2021.
Slovakia has been ranked 93rd within the group of 120 countries we follow in terms of cucumber and gherkin production, 19 places below 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 |
Austria | kt | 47.5 | 46.6 | 44.9 | 45.3 | 46.3 | ||||||||||||||||
Czechia | kt | 21.0 | 20.8 | 14.4 | 15.2 | 11.2 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | kt | 261 | 257 | 268 | 250 | 217 | ||||||||||||||||
Hungary | kt | 34.4 | 33.7 | 29.8 | 26.7 | 24.6 | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | kt | 59.9 | 54.4 | 54.1 | 60.6 | 60.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Poland | kt | 538 | 544 | 539 | 519 | 527 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | kt | 1,493 | 1,505 | 1,604 | 1,626 | 1,687 | ||||||||||||||||
Slovakia | kt | 5.28 | 5.34 | 3.68 | 4.92 | 3.20 | ||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | kt | 14.9 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 14.5 | ||||||||||||||||
Ukraine | kt | 949 | 896 | 985 | 1,034 | 1,013 |