Eastern Europe vs South Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested

Eastern Europe
126,412 ha
in 2024
South Africa
40,599 ha
in 2024
Eastern Europe rank
10th
South Africa rank
11th

Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested over time

  • Eastern Europe
  • South Africa
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How they compare

Eastern Europe currently reports 126,412 ha against 40,599 ha in South Africa, a difference of 85,813 ha.

That makes Eastern Europe's figure about 3.1 times South Africa's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Europe has been ahead every year.

Eastern Europe ranks 10th and South Africa ranks 11th of 29 groups.

Eastern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Europe South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 732,560 ha 8,167 ha 724,393 ha Eastern Europe
1970s 174,090 ha 11,400 ha 162,690 ha Eastern Europe
1980s 108,154 ha 15,650 ha 92,504 ha Eastern Europe
1990s 103,611 ha 20,252 ha 83,359 ha Eastern Europe
2000s 105,535 ha 17,515 ha 88,020 ha Eastern Europe
2010s 119,872 ha 30,781 ha 89,091 ha Eastern Europe
2020s 126,303 ha 36,385 ha 89,918 ha Eastern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested, Eastern Europe or South Africa?
Eastern Europe, at 126,412 ha against 40,599 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested between Eastern Europe and South Africa?
85,813 ha, with Eastern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Europe and South Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Eastern Europe and South Africa rank globally for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
Eastern Europe ranks 10th 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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Indicator
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
166 places, 8,116 data points, 1961–2024
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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.