South Africa vs Western Asia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested over time
- South Africa
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 114,351 ha against 40,599 ha in South Africa, a difference of 73,752 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 2.8 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Asia has been ahead every year.
South Africa ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 11th of 122 countries.
Western Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,167 ha | 39,292 ha | 31,125 ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 11,400 ha | 40,916 ha | 29,516 ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 15,650 ha | 56,278 ha | 40,628 ha | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 20,252 ha | 50,537 ha | 30,285 ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 17,515 ha | 63,023 ha | 45,508 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 30,781 ha | 99,238 ha | 68,457 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 36,385 ha | 115,086 ha | 78,701 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested, South Africa or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 114,351 ha against 40,599 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested between South Africa and Western Asia?
- 73,752 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Western Asia rank globally for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 11th 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.