Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 17,408 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 17,408 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 40,000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 17,005 ha, in 2020.
Argentina ranks 19th of 122 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,321 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,211 ha | +18.6% |
| 1963 | 27,110 ha | -13.1% |
| 1964 | 25,553 ha | -5.7% |
| 1965 | 25,937 ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 26,611 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 30,325 ha | +14.0% |
| 1968 | 24,752 ha | -18.4% |
| 1969 | 25,758 ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 27,350 ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 26,680 ha | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 25,070 ha | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 27,800 ha | +10.9% |
| 1974 | 31,700 ha | +14.0% |
| 1975 | 34,850 ha | +9.9% |
| 1976 | 31,100 ha | -10.8% |
| 1977 | 24,500 ha | -21.2% |
| 1978 | 30,000 ha | +22.4% |
| 1979 | 30,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 34,800 ha | +14.1% |
| 1981 | 28,000 ha | -19.5% |
| 1982 | 35,600 ha | +27.1% |
| 1983 | 33,500 ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 33,100 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 31,700 ha | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 29,600 ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 37,500 ha | +26.7% |
| 1988 | 37,700 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 37,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 36,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 37,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 37,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 32,000 ha | -14.7% |
| 1994 | 40,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1995 | 25,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 1996 | 29,000 ha | +16.0% |
| 1997 | 19,063 ha | -34.3% |
| 1998 | 19,912 ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 20,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 18,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2002 | 18,764 ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 19,107 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 20,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 19,524 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 19,363 ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 21,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 19,443 ha | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 18,955 ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 19,386 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 19,289 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 19,190 ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 19,091 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 18,619 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 18,740 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 17,994 ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 17,766 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 17,414 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 17,152 ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 17,005 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 17,263 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 17,563 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 17,486 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 17,408 ha | -0.4% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 17,408 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,722 ha, 4.7× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 17,408 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,109 ha, 15.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,064 ha | 24,752 ha | 31,211 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,955 ha | 24,500 ha | 34,850 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,920 ha | 28,000 ha | 37,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,548 ha | 19,063 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,516 ha | 18,000 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,464 ha | 17,152 ha | 19,386 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,345 ha | 17,005 ha | 17,563 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Argentina?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Argentina was 17,408 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 Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 40,000 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,005 ha in 2020.
- How does Argentina rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 19th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina 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.