Eastern Africa vs South Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- South Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 93,032 ha against 40,599 ha in South Africa, a difference of 52,433 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 2.3 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 13th and South Africa ranks 11th of 29 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 3 and South Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,896 ha | 8,167 ha | 270.22 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 9,972 ha | 11,400 ha | 1,428 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 13,485 ha | 15,650 ha | 2,165 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 18,843 ha | 20,252 ha | 1,409 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 44,522 ha | 17,515 ha | 27,007 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 61,270 ha | 30,781 ha | 30,489 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 93,214 ha | 36,385 ha | 56,829 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested, Eastern Africa or South Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 93,032 ha against 40,599 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested between Eastern Africa and South Africa?
- 52,433 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and South Africa rank globally for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th 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.