List of countries by cucumber production

This is a list of countries by cucumber production from the years 2016 to 2018, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database.[1][n 1] The estimated total world production for cucumbers in 2018 was 75,219,440 metric tonnes, down 3.4% from 77,896,545 tonnes in 2017.[n 2] China was by far the largest producer, accounting for nearly 75% of global production at 56,240,428 tonnes. Dependent territories are shown in italics.

Countries by cucumber production in 2016

Production by country

>500,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2018	2017	2016
1	China	56,240,428	59,537,455	61,756,828
2	Iran	2,283,750	2,134,090	1,681,784
3	Turkey	1,848,273	1,827,782	1,811,681
4	Russia	1,604,346	1,504,965	1,493,293
5	Mexico	1,072,048	956,005	886,270
6	Ukraine	985,120	896,280	948,900
7	Uzbekistan	857,076	813,591	939,882
8	United States	700,819	857,870	785,663
9	Spain	643,661	634,824	630,980
10	Japan	550,000	559,500	550,300
11	Poland	538,676	543,726	538,057

100,000–500,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2018	2017	2016
12	Kazakhstan	460,110	409,700	404,028
13	Egypt	457,795	393,432	483,971
14	Indonesia	433,931	424,933	430,218
15	Netherlands	410,000	400,000	370,000
16	South Korea	333,233	341,364	333,760
17	Germany	267,589	256,689	260,915
18	Cameroon	257,211	248,632	282,773
19	Sudan	240,405	237,316	248,800
20	Belarus	226,443	236,618	248,690
21	Azerbaijan	223,790	220,903	217,843
22	Tajikistan	211,612	178,035	161,390
23	Jordan	209,362	122,247	280,157
24	Romania	208,585	201,001	186,471
25	India	195,768	191,064	186,361
26	Algeria	193,647	171,610	138,481
27	Palestine	170,367	169,079	167,791
28	Greece	155,000	142,289	152,799
29	Lebanon	151,558	151,695	151,832
30	Thailand	150,570	165,192	178,527
31	France	137,849	145,981	176,379
32	Albania	120,351	110,210	94,279
33	Kyrgyzstan	119,569	118,282	117,131
34	Saudi Arabia	115,617	111,431	108,549
35	Iraq	114,828	96,664	91,487
36	Bangladesh	110,219	121,254	109,475
37	Cuba	106,708	148,497	132,219
38	Syria	104,397	106,848	110,969
39	Israel	101,846	103,425	106,706

50,000–100,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2018	2017	2016
40	Malaysia	89,396	88,492	97,621
41	Mali	79,031	70,160	65,211
42	Tunisia	76,425	74,431	72,333
43	Bulgaria	74,357	54,398	66,653
44	United Arab Emirates	71,350	53,915	35,427
45	Pakistan	68,664	65,597	59,203
46	North Korea	66,995	66,919	66,844
47	Kuwait	58,590	70,436	78,448
48	Canada	55,934	62,204	64,280
49	Finland	55,330	50,763	49,450
50	United Kingdom	55,080	52,968	52,965
51	North Macedonia	54,314	51,532	53,265
52	Italy	54,089	54,444	59,903
53	Taiwan	51,224	51,264	47,926
54	Armenia	50,599	74,336	84,869

10,000–50,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2018	2017	2016
55	Morocco	47,787	48,735	42,383
56	Austria	44,856	46,581	47,450
57	Peru	44,288	47,668	56,016
58	Sri Lanka	43,942	31,446	38,290
59	Serbia	42,539	57,957	55,059
60	Turkmenistan	39,304	38,100	36,895
61	Chile	37,176	36,658	36,139
62	Sweden	35,790	38,100	42,150
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35,463	37,191	41,691
64	Georgia	33,000	23,000	18,700
65	Honduras	32,147	31,427	32,627
66	Hungary	28,636	33,690	34,418
67	Malawi	27,971	29,175	N/A
68	South Africa	26,767	28,640	27,896
69	Colombia	25,358	21,392	22,053
70	Belgium	24,490	25,530	23,580
71	Moldova	23,020	21,644	17,273
72	Ivory Coast	21,226	21,237	21,248
73	Venezuela	20,288	16,938	15,856
74	Jamaica	19,216	18,387	19,006
75	Australia	17,681	17,609	17,535
76	Norway	17,462	17,091	17,460
77	Lithuania	16,966	19,232	17,909
78	Denmark	16,559	16,173	19,792
79	Dominican Republic	16,212	15,579	15,237
80	Yemen	14,715	13,870	13,514
81	Switzerland	14,550	14,394	14,931
82	Czech Republic	14,379	20,792	21,006
83	Philippines	13,444	13,290	13,143
84	Oman	12,545	9,711	3,919

1,000–10,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2018	2017	2016
85	Portugal	9,600	9,557	9,635
86	Libya	9,269	9,225	9,271
87	Latvia	8,570	7,321	8,471
88	Martinique	8,510	8,328	8,140
89	Cyprus	8,259	8,303	10,926
90	Mauritius	7,840	8,377	6,969
91	Croatia	6,442	10,622	7,847
92	Guadeloupe	6,296	6,230	6,011
93	Estonia	6,244	10,285	8,439
94	Grenada	5,411	4,546	10,132
95	Ecuador	5,003	4,874	4,745
96	Bolivia	4,686	4,442	4,884
97	Mongolia	3,761	3,922	3,734
98	Slovakia	3,671	5,335	5,283
99	Kenya	3,609	6,686	1,244
100	Guyana	2,981	2,922	2,479
101	Panama	2,871	2,860	2,840
102	French Guiana	2,680	2,700	2,625
103	Slovenia	2,442	2,425	2,662
104	El Salvador	2,297	4,901	5,817
105	Brunei	1,985	2,301	2,551
106	Iceland	1,927	1,800	1,868
107	Hong Kong	1,879	1,873	1,868
108	Qatar	1,761	1,199	1,302
109	Suriname	1,731	1,730	1,687
110	Ethiopia	1,704	1,680	1,712
111	Costa Rica	1,651	1,629	1,607
112	Ireland	1,600	1,600	1,600
113	Dominica	1,302	1,322	1,341
114	Fiji	1,237	1,229	1,222
115	East Timor	1,293	1,353	1,288
116	Cape Verde	1,135	1,470	1,863

<1,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2018	2017	2016
117	Saint Lucia	855	846	880
118	Malta	774	807	893
119	Trinidad and Tobago	769	830	1,157
120	Puerto Rico	686	950	1,027
121	Barbados	677	715	765
122	French Polynesia	616	627	638
123	Madagascar	568	585	600
124	New Zealand	547	611	580
125	Bahrain	546	548	545
126	Guam	407	406	406
127	Democratic Republic of the Congo	378	375	372
128	Belize	341	472	400
129	American Samoa	289	301	313
130	Zimbabwe	190	198	206
131	Ghana	157	151	146
132	Antigua and Barbuda	76	80	83
133	Niger	73	1,277	439
134	Montserrat	64	64	65
135	Saint Kitts and Nevis	49	47	20
136	Luxembourg	14	27	25
137	Djibouti	7	7	7

Notes

1. Gherkins are included as they are a variety of cucumber.
2. Sum of values for countries with available data, which may be official or FAO data based on imputation methodology

References

1. "Crops". FAOSTAT. Retrieved 16 December 2020. Countries - Select All; Regions - World + (Total); Elements - Production Quantity; Items - Cucumbers and gherkins; Years - 2018 + 2017 + 2016