Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 15,983 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Algeria stood at 15,983 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 15,983 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Algeria 22nd out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 700 ha | — |
| 1970 | 1,600 ha | +128.6% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1973 | 2,400 ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 2,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 2,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 3,600 ha | +12.5% |
| 1979 | 3,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 4,490 ha | +12.2% |
| 1982 | 5,160 ha | +14.9% |
| 1983 | 5,530 ha | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 5,250 ha | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 6,860 ha | +30.7% |
| 1986 | 6,360 ha | -7.3% |
| 1987 | 6,870 ha | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 6,070 ha | -11.6% |
| 1989 | 7,030 ha | +15.8% |
| 1990 | 7,400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 7,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 7,580 ha | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 6,820 ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 8,730 ha | +28.0% |
| 1995 | 7,500 ha | -14.1% |
| 1996 | 8,100 ha | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 7,210 ha | -11.0% |
| 1998 | 8,070 ha | +11.9% |
| 1999 | 8,410 ha | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 8,580 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 8,010 ha | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 8,160 ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 8,700 ha | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 9,450 ha | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 10,542 ha | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 11,403 ha | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 11,478 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 10,969 ha | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 11,949 ha | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 13,052 ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 12,272 ha | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 14,088 ha | +14.8% |
| 2013 | 13,138 ha | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 12,677 ha | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 14,558 ha | +14.8% |
| 2016 | 12,349 ha | -15.2% |
| 2017 | 13,085 ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 13,528 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 14,377 ha | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 15,558 ha | +8.2% |
| 2021 | 15,307 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 15,316 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 15,905 ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 15,983 ha | +0.5% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 15,983 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,722 ha, 4.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 15,983 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,606 ha, 9.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Algeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +128.6% | 700 ha | 1,600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 77.78 ha | 0 ha | 700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,720 ha | 1,600 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,762 ha | 4,000 ha | 7,030 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,682 ha | 6,820 ha | 8,730 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,924 ha | 8,010 ha | 11,949 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,312 ha | 12,272 ha | 14,558 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,614 ha | 15,307 ha | 15,983 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Algeria?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Algeria was 15,983 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 15,983 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Algeria rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 22nd out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.