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Where Cucumber Grows

China grew the most cucumber in 2024: 68.6 million tonnes, 78.1% of the world’s 87.8 million tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s cucumber.

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Cucumber grown in 2024

Point at or tap a country to see how much it grows.

Share of the world’s cucumber: 25% or more 10–25% 5–10% 2–5% 0.5–2% Under 0.5% None recorded

Top 10 cucumber producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

1China 78.1%

68.6 million tonnes
2India 2.3%

2.1 million tonnes
3Turkey 2.0%

1.7 million tonnes
4Russia 1.9%

1.7 million tonnes
5Uzbekistan 1.2%

1.0 million tonnes
6Mexico 1.1%

959,038 tonnes
7Ukraine 1.0%

850,000 tonnes
8Spain 0.9%

757,790 tonnes
9United States 0.6%

511,267 tonnes
10Japan 0.6%

502,900 tonnes

World total

87.8 million tonnes

Countries growing it

134

Largest producer

China

Top 3 together

82.5%

All 134 countries that grow cucumber

#	Country	Tonnes	Share
1	China	68,592,516	78.1%
2	India	2,050,135	2.3%
3	Turkey	1,742,900	2.0%
4	Russia	1,693,492	1.9%
5	Uzbekistan	1,021,485	1.2%
6	Mexico	959,038	1.1%
7	Ukraine	850,000	1.0%
8	Spain	757,790	0.9%
9	United States	511,267	0.6%
10	Japan	502,900	0.6%
11	Egypt	487,305	0.6%
12	Kazakhstan	438,620	0.5%
13	Poland	417,900	0.5%
14	Netherlands	416,000	0.5%
15	Indonesia	399,199	0.5%
16	Iran	391,313	0.4%
17	South Korea	288,552	0.3%
18	Germany	284,890	0.3%
19	Cameroon	265,462	0.3%
20	Sudan	230,449	0.3%
21	Saudi Arabia	227,454	0.3%
22	Belarus	227,297	0.3%
23	Syria	223,499	0.3%
24	Tajikistan	218,517	0.2%
25	Azerbaijan	215,868	0.2%
26	Algeria	192,943	0.2%
27	Bangladesh	189,286	0.2%
28	Sierra Leone	184,939	0.2%
29	France	178,940	0.2%
30	Thailand	176,804	0.2%
31	Kyrgyzstan	150,317	0.2%
32	Jordan	149,402	0.2%
33	Iraq	142,956	0.2%
34	Greece	137,750	0.2%
35	Lebanon	134,800	0.2%
36	Oman	132,575	0.2%
37	Albania	132,427	0.2%
38	Pakistan	129,326	0.1%
39	United Arab Emirates	106,927	0.1%
40	Malaysia	106,785	0.1%
41	Australia	106,268	0.1%
42	Mali	97,283	0.1%
43	Italy	96,290	0.1%
44	Israel	82,848	0.1%
45	Armenia	75,972	0.1%
46	Morocco	75,729	0.1%
47	Romania	73,140	0.1%
48	Tunisia	71,256	0.1%
49	North Korea	67,395	0.1%
50	Cuba	63,942	0.1%
51	Finland	61,280	0.1%
52	Canada	60,097	0.1%
53	Peru	59,366	0.1%
54	Bulgaria	54,450	0.1%
55	Kuwait	53,682	0.1%
56	United Kingdom	53,000	0.1%
57	Sri Lanka	51,405	0.1%
58	Taiwan	45,346	0.1%
59	Austria	42,990	under 0.1%
60	Honduras	39,039	under 0.1%
61	Hungary	38,610	under 0.1%
62	Sweden	38,090	under 0.1%
63	Zimbabwe	36,468	under 0.1%
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36,216	under 0.1%
65	Dominican Republic	35,655	under 0.1%
66	Turkmenistan	35,591	under 0.1%
67	North Macedonia	32,794	under 0.1%
68	South Africa	32,499	under 0.1%
69	Colombia	32,283	under 0.1%
70	Serbia	29,880	under 0.1%
71	Belgium	29,740	under 0.1%
72	Lithuania	24,950	under 0.1%
73	Georgia	23,600	under 0.1%
74	Malawi	23,485	under 0.1%
75	Czechia	20,680	under 0.1%
76	Côte d'Ivoire	20,550	under 0.1%
77	Norway	19,800	under 0.1%
78	Philippines	18,484	under 0.1%
79	Jamaica	18,435	under 0.1%
80	Venezuela	17,116	under 0.1%
81	Moldova	16,122	under 0.1%
82	Portugal	16,030	under 0.1%
83	Switzerland	15,955	under 0.1%
84	Qatar	14,410	under 0.1%
85	Denmark	13,930	under 0.1%
86	Chile	12,508	under 0.1%
87	Mongolia	9,975	under 0.1%
88	El Salvador	9,215	under 0.1%
89	Cyprus	8,240	under 0.1%
90	Mauritius	8,090	under 0.1%
91	Latvia	7,600	under 0.1%
92	Vanuatu	7,160	under 0.1%
93	Croatia	6,590	under 0.1%
94	Kenya	5,282	under 0.1%
95	Estonia	4,880	under 0.1%
96	Ecuador	4,802	under 0.1%
97	Libya	4,791	under 0.1%
98	Bolivia	4,731	under 0.1%
99	Panama	4,443	under 0.1%
100	Guyana	3,490	under 0.1%
101	Niger	3,413	under 0.1%
102	Slovakia	3,370	under 0.1%
103	Comoros	2,430	under 0.1%
104	Dominica	2,244	under 0.1%
105	Iceland	2,089	under 0.1%
106	Hong Kong	1,983	under 0.1%
107	Slovenia	1,900	under 0.1%
108	Ethiopia	1,718	under 0.1%
109	Brunei	1,716	under 0.1%
110	Bahrain	1,700	under 0.1%
111	Costa Rica	1,683	under 0.1%
112	Puerto Rico	1,670	under 0.1%
113	Bhutan	1,365	under 0.1%
114	Fiji	1,285	under 0.1%
115	Timor-Leste	1,179	under 0.1%
116	Saint Lucia	1,018	under 0.1%
117	Trinidad and Tobago	817	under 0.1%
118	Cabo Verde	775	under 0.1%
119	Malta	770	under 0.1%
120	Barbados	683	under 0.1%
121	French Polynesia	678	under 0.1%
122	Suriname	655	under 0.1%
123	Madagascar	625	under 0.1%
124	New Zealand	505	under 0.1%
125	Grenada	429	under 0.1%
126	Belize	415	under 0.1%
127	Democratic Republic of the Congo	382	under 0.1%
128	Antigua and Barbuda	144	under 0.1%
129	Ghana	132	under 0.1%
130	Saint Kitts and Nevis	98	under 0.1%
131	Luxembourg	30	under 0.1%
132	Gabon	23	under 0.1%
133	Djibouti	7	under 0.1%
134	Nauru	1	under 0.1%

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Data: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 28 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL. Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAOSTAT item: Cucumbers and gherkins. Some figures are FAO estimates. Xilfy is not affiliated with or endorsed by FAO.

Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain). Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

About the Where Food Grows

Where Food Grows shows which countries grow the food we eat. Pick one of 73 crops – rice, wheat, mango, banana, coffee, cocoa, tea, jute and more – and the countries that grow it light up on the world map one after another, largest producer first. Each country is coloured by its share of the world’s crop, with the top 10 beside the map and every producing country ranked below, from FAOSTAT’s latest figures.

How to use it

1 Pick a crop from the list or the buttons above the map.
2 Watch the top producers light up; press Replay to see it again.
3 Point at or tap any country for its tonnes, rank and share of the world.
4 Scroll down for every country that grows the crop, or copy the link to share it.

Frequently asked questions

Which country produces the most cucumber?

China grew the most cucumber in 2024: 68.6 million tonnes, 78.1% of the world’s 87.8 million tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 cucumber producing countries?

China (78.1%), India (2.3%), Turkey (2.0%), Russia (1.9%) and Uzbekistan (1.2%), by tonnes grown in 2024.

Where does the data come from?

From FAOSTAT, the food and farming statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), dataset “Crops and livestock products”, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. It shows the latest year FAO has published, usually two years behind.

Why do some numbers look different from other sources?

Countries report in different ways and FAO fills gaps with its own estimates. Some crops are also grouped: FAO counts mangoes together with guavas and mangosteens, and lemons with limes. The FAOSTAT item name under the map says exactly what is counted.

Why are Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao shown apart from China?

FAOSTAT reports them separately, so the map follows its figures. Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

Why is a country grey?

FAOSTAT has no production of that crop recorded for it in the latest year. It may grow a little that is not reported.

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