Americas vs South Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- South Africa
How they compare
Americas currently reports 205,161 ha against 40,599 ha in South Africa, a difference of 164,562 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 5.1 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 8th and South Africa ranks 11th of 29 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89,261 ha | 8,167 ha | 81,094 ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 86,766 ha | 11,400 ha | 75,366 ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 119,915 ha | 15,650 ha | 104,265 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 141,770 ha | 20,252 ha | 121,519 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 211,307 ha | 17,515 ha | 193,792 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 201,302 ha | 30,781 ha | 170,521 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 207,525 ha | 36,385 ha | 171,140 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested, Americas or South Africa?
- Americas, at 205,161 ha against 40,599 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested between Americas and South Africa?
- 164,562 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and South Africa rank globally for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 8th and South Africa ranks 11th 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.