Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 52,702 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 52,702 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 103,514 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 16,592 ha, in 1969.
That places Caribbean 16th out of 29 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,051 ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,960 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 36,095 ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 43,690 ha | +21.0% |
| 1965 | 31,270 ha | -28.4% |
| 1966 | 29,792 ha | -4.7% |
| 1967 | 32,512 ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 27,794 ha | -14.5% |
| 1969 | 16,592 ha | -40.3% |
| 1970 | 24,281 ha | +46.3% |
| 1971 | 28,350 ha | +16.8% |
| 1972 | 26,817 ha | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 27,805 ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 27,581 ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 33,456 ha | +21.3% |
| 1976 | 28,081 ha | -16.1% |
| 1977 | 21,629 ha | -23.0% |
| 1978 | 19,598 ha | -9.4% |
| 1979 | 17,678 ha | -9.8% |
| 1980 | 29,082 ha | +64.5% |
| 1981 | 24,605 ha | -15.4% |
| 1982 | 29,314 ha | +19.1% |
| 1983 | 35,384 ha | +20.7% |
| 1984 | 31,152 ha | -12.0% |
| 1985 | 31,921 ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 33,006 ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 32,788 ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 29,420 ha | -10.3% |
| 1989 | 38,525 ha | +30.9% |
| 1990 | 37,321 ha | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 35,825 ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 32,434 ha | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 30,011 ha | -7.5% |
| 1994 | 32,592 ha | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 38,422 ha | +17.9% |
| 1996 | 35,086 ha | -8.7% |
| 1997 | 41,672 ha | +18.8% |
| 1998 | 44,241 ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 52,235 ha | +18.1% |
| 2000 | 67,917 ha | +30.0% |
| 2001 | 77,397 ha | +14.0% |
| 2002 | 77,798 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 80,343 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 103,514 ha | +28.8% |
| 2005 | 101,175 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 82,177 ha | -18.8% |
| 2007 | 84,052 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 86,926 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 80,501 ha | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 69,728 ha | -13.4% |
| 2011 | 70,432 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 67,269 ha | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 71,201 ha | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 66,997 ha | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 66,948 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 71,725 ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 69,421 ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 67,644 ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 61,920 ha | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 47,779 ha | -22.8% |
| 2021 | 50,253 ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 50,951 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 53,193 ha | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 52,702 ha | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,862 ha | 16,592 ha | 43,690 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,528 ha | 17,678 ha | 33,456 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,520 ha | 24,605 ha | 38,525 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,984 ha | 30,011 ha | 52,235 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 84,180 ha | 67,917 ha | 103,514 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,328 ha | 61,920 ha | 71,725 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,976 ha | 47,779 ha | 53,193 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Caribbean was 52,702 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 103,514 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,592 ha in 1969.
- How does Caribbean rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 16th out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.