Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 61,100 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 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 Bangladesh is 61,100 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 61,500 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12,938 ha, in 1976.
That places Bangladesh 7th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,104 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,991 ha | -7.4% |
| 1963 | 15,157 ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 15,327 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 15,052 ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 14,947 ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 15,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 14,842 ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 15,437 ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 15,961 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 15,985 ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 13,891 ha | -13.1% |
| 1973 | 14,101 ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 12,990 ha | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 13,183 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 12,938 ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 12,978 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 13,551 ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 13,598 ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 13,670 ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 13,970 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 14,530 ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 15,202 ha | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 15,513 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 15,692 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 16,370 ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 16,861 ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 17,697 ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 18,818 ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 19,419 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 19,710 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 20,226 ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 20,963 ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 21,652 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 22,540 ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 23,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 23,900 ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 24,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 25,090 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 26,305 ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 27,519 ha | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 28,328 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 29,138 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 30,352 ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 31,573 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 33,040 ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 33,271 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 36,988 ha | +11.2% |
| 2009 | 38,288 ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 39,164 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 39,143 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 39,659 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 43,764 ha | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 43,300 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 56,000 ha | +29.3% |
| 2016 | 57,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 57,404 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 56,582 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 58,378 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 61,233 ha | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 60,622 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 61,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 61,100 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 61,100 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,984 ha | 13,991 ha | 15,437 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,918 ha | 12,938 ha | 15,985 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,832 ha | 13,670 ha | 18,818 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,080 ha | 19,419 ha | 25,090 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,480 ha | 26,305 ha | 38,288 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,039 ha | 39,143 ha | 58,378 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,111 ha | 60,622 ha | 61,500 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Bangladesh was 61,100 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 61,500 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,938 ha in 1976.
- How does Bangladesh rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 7th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.