Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 7,437 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Australia is 7,437 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Australia peaked at 11,598 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3,986 ha, in 2019.
Australia ranks 35th of 122 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,796 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,014 ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 5,450 ha | +8.7% |
| 1964 | 5,123 ha | -6.0% |
| 1965 | 5,450 ha | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 7,000 ha | +28.4% |
| 1967 | 7,800 ha | +11.4% |
| 1968 | 8,374 ha | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 6,618 ha | -21.0% |
| 1970 | 8,725 ha | +31.8% |
| 1971 | 9,308 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 8,323 ha | -10.6% |
| 1973 | 7,792 ha | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 8,562 ha | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 7,853 ha | -8.3% |
| 1976 | 8,908 ha | +13.4% |
| 1977 | 8,059 ha | -9.5% |
| 1978 | 7,564 ha | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 7,518 ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 8,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 7,784 ha | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 8,475 ha | +8.9% |
| 1983 | 8,635 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 7,843 ha | -9.2% |
| 1985 | 7,017 ha | -10.5% |
| 1986 | 7,618 ha | +8.6% |
| 1987 | 7,912 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 7,430 ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 7,024 ha | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 7,238 ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 6,005 ha | -17.0% |
| 1992 | 6,143 ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 6,400 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 6,700 ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 7,080 ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 8,453 ha | +19.4% |
| 1997 | 8,295 ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 8,612 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 10,434 ha | +21.2% |
| 2000 | 11,598 ha | +11.2% |
| 2001 | 8,859 ha | -23.6% |
| 2002 | 6,939 ha | -21.7% |
| 2003 | 6,584 ha | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 5,901 ha | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 5,351 ha | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 6,990 ha | +30.6% |
| 2007 | 5,968 ha | -14.6% |
| 2008 | 6,393 ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 5,771 ha | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 6,118 ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 6,986 ha | +14.2% |
| 2012 | 6,363 ha | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 6,207 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 6,257 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 5,620 ha | -10.2% |
| 2016 | 5,090 ha | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 4,832 ha | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 4,527 ha | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 3,986 ha | -12.0% |
| 2020 | 4,646 ha | +16.6% |
| 2021 | 8,148 ha | +75.4% |
| 2022 | 7,306 ha | -10.3% |
| 2023 | 7,465 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 7,437 ha | -0.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 7,437 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 806 ha, 9.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Australia's 7,437 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,891 ha, 1.5× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Australia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +75.4% | 4,646 ha | 8,148 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,181 ha | 4,796 ha | 8,374 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,261 ha | 7,518 ha | 9,308 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,794 ha | 7,017 ha | 8,635 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,536 ha | 6,005 ha | 10,434 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,035 ha | 5,351 ha | 11,598 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,599 ha | 3,986 ha | 6,986 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,000 ha | 4,646 ha | 8,148 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Australia?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Australia was 7,437 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?
- The highest recorded value was 11,598 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,986 ha in 2019.
- How does Australia rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 35th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.