Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 1,470 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Belgium stood at 1,470 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 617.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 1,480 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 205 ha, in 2013.
Belgium ranks 67th of 122 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 306 ha | — |
| 2001 | 352 ha | +15.0% |
| 2002 | 381 ha | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 576 ha | +51.2% |
| 2004 | 621 ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 716 ha | +15.3% |
| 2006 | 677 ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 758 ha | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 822 ha | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 926 ha | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 1,185 ha | +28.0% |
| 2011 | 1,321 ha | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 825 ha | -37.5% |
| 2013 | 205 ha | -75.2% |
| 2014 | 205 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 260 ha | +26.8% |
| 2016 | 505 ha | +94.2% |
| 2017 | 510 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,320 ha | +158.8% |
| 2019 | 1,320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,300 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,410 ha | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 1,420 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,480 ha | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 1,470 ha | -0.7% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 1,470 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 806 ha, 1.8× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 1,470 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 951 ha, 1.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +158.8% | 510 ha | 1,320 ha |
| 2016 | +94.2% | 260 ha | 505 ha |
| 2013 | -75.2% | 825 ha | 205 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 613.5 ha | 306 ha | 926 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 765.6 ha | 205 ha | 1,321 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,416 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,480 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Belgium?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Belgium was 1,470 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 1,480 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 205 ha in 2013.
- How does Belgium rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 67th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 617.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium 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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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.