Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 12,228 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 12,228 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 19,383 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5,276 ha, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 30th of 122 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,276 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,614 ha | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 6,170 ha | +9.9% |
| 1964 | 5,788 ha | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 6,420 ha | +10.9% |
| 1966 | 8,000 ha | +24.6% |
| 1967 | 8,700 ha | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 9,274 ha | +6.6% |
| 1969 | 7,618 ha | -17.9% |
| 1970 | 9,725 ha | +27.7% |
| 1971 | 10,308 ha | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 9,323 ha | -9.6% |
| 1973 | 8,792 ha | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 9,662 ha | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 9,053 ha | -6.3% |
| 1976 | 9,750 ha | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 8,909 ha | -8.6% |
| 1978 | 8,444 ha | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 8,378 ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 9,228 ha | +10.1% |
| 1981 | 9,394 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 10,517 ha | +12.0% |
| 1983 | 10,935 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 10,343 ha | -5.4% |
| 1985 | 9,717 ha | -6.1% |
| 1986 | 10,567 ha | +8.7% |
| 1987 | 11,307 ha | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 11,782 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 11,439 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 12,012 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 11,505 ha | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 11,266 ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 13,173 ha | +16.9% |
| 1994 | 15,756 ha | +19.6% |
| 1995 | 14,897 ha | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 15,766 ha | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 15,295 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 15,112 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 17,434 ha | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 19,383 ha | +11.2% |
| 2001 | 16,716 ha | -13.8% |
| 2002 | 14,532 ha | -13.1% |
| 2003 | 14,184 ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 13,501 ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 13,425 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 14,408 ha | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 14,808 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 15,193 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 13,614 ha | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 13,328 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 14,496 ha | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 14,248 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 13,986 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 13,727 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 13,643 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 13,233 ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 11,785 ha | -10.9% |
| 2018 | 11,247 ha | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 10,769 ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 11,716 ha | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 15,218 ha | +29.9% |
| 2022 | 12,106 ha | -20.4% |
| 2023 | 12,265 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 12,228 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,984 ha | 5,276 ha | 9,274 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,234 ha | 8,378 ha | 10,308 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,523 ha | 9,228 ha | 11,782 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,222 ha | 11,266 ha | 17,434 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,976 ha | 13,425 ha | 19,383 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,046 ha | 10,769 ha | 14,496 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,707 ha | 11,716 ha | 15,218 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 12,228 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 19,383 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,276 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 30th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.