Sri Lanka vs Western Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested over time
- Sri Lanka
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 24,243 ha against 14,348 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 9,895 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.7 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Sri Lanka ranks 26th and Western Africa ranks 24th of 122 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 4 and Western Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12,667 ha | 65 ha | 12,602 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 10,214 ha | 8,015 ha | 2,200 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 14,926 ha | 11,885 ha | 3,042 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 21,358 ha | 10,528 ha | 10,830 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 18,713 ha | 19,727 ha | 1,014 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested, Sri Lanka or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 24,243 ha against 14,348 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested between Sri Lanka and Western Africa?
- 9,895 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Western Africa?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
- How do Sri Lanka and Western Africa rank globally for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 26th and Western Africa ranks 24th 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.