Africa vs India: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 560,547 ha against 529,061 ha in Africa, a difference of 31,486 ha.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
Africa ranks 3rd and India ranks 1st of 29 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 2 and India in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41,489 ha | 153,333 ha | 111,844 ha | India |
| 1970s | 57,692 ha | 211,900 ha | 154,208 ha | India |
| 1980s | 76,195 ha | 272,700 ha | 196,505 ha | India |
| 1990s | 150,865 ha | 265,537 ha | 114,672 ha | India |
| 2000s | 256,875 ha | 200,748 ha | 56,127 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 361,823 ha | 264,113 ha | 97,711 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 464,408 ha | 495,372 ha | 30,964 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested, Africa or India?
- India, at 560,547 ha against 529,061 ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested between Africa and India?
- 31,486 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and India rank globally for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 3rd and India ranks 1st of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.