Japan vs Northern Europe: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Japan currently reports 14,221 ha against 4,040 ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 10,181 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 3.5 times Northern Europe's.
Across all 58 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 27th and Northern Europe ranks 27th of 122 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,778 ha | 13.78 ha | 22,764 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 15,500 ha | 18.4 ha | 15,482 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 17,525 ha | 5 ha | 17,520 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 17,250 ha | 98.33 ha | 17,152 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 17,080 ha | 413.2 ha | 16,667 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 16,490 ha | 716 ha | 15,774 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 14,364 ha | 2,774 ha | 11,590 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested, Japan or Northern Europe?
- Japan, at 14,221 ha against 4,040 ha in Northern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested between Japan and Northern Europe?
- 10,181 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Northern Europe?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Northern Europe rank globally for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 27th and Northern Europe ranks 27th of 122 countries.
- 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.