Europe vs South Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested over time
- Europe
- South Africa
How they compare
Europe currently reports 201,642 ha against 40,599 ha in South Africa, a difference of 161,043 ha.
That makes Europe's figure about 5.0 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 9th and South Africa ranks 11th of 29 groups.
Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 760,845 ha | 8,167 ha | 752,678 ha | Europe |
| 1970s | 199,377 ha | 11,400 ha | 187,977 ha | Europe |
| 1980s | 136,018 ha | 15,650 ha | 120,368 ha | Europe |
| 1990s | 129,556 ha | 20,252 ha | 109,304 ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 136,395 ha | 17,515 ha | 118,880 ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 165,366 ha | 30,781 ha | 134,585 ha | Europe |
| 2020s | 197,918 ha | 36,385 ha | 161,533 ha | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested, Europe or South Africa?
- Europe, at 201,642 ha against 40,599 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested between Europe and South Africa?
- 161,043 ha, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Europe and South Africa rank globally for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 9th 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.