Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 37,912 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Central America stood at 37,912 ha.
That represents a change of down 14.0% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Central America peaked at 45,891 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 11,200 ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 11,400 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 11,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 11,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 11,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 11,800 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 11,900 ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 12,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 12,100 ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 12,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 12,300 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 12,400 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 12,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 12,670 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 11,643 ha | -8.1% |
| 1977 | 11,675 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 12,372 ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 14,724 ha | +19.0% |
| 1980 | 23,416 ha | +59.0% |
| 1981 | 16,652 ha | -28.9% |
| 1982 | 21,832 ha | +31.1% |
| 1983 | 18,420 ha | -15.6% |
| 1984 | 28,279 ha | +53.5% |
| 1985 | 44,116 ha | +56.0% |
| 1986 | 22,838 ha | -48.2% |
| 1987 | 25,237 ha | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 29,740 ha | +17.8% |
| 1989 | 39,396 ha | +32.5% |
| 1990 | 40,769 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 38,160 ha | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 32,594 ha | -14.6% |
| 1993 | 36,603 ha | +12.3% |
| 1994 | 26,360 ha | -28.0% |
| 1995 | 33,415 ha | +26.8% |
| 1996 | 32,854 ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 30,961 ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 31,665 ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 35,843 ha | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 36,484 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 36,534 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 38,578 ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 38,273 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 35,353 ha | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 36,122 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 40,047 ha | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 38,735 ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 32,070 ha | -17.2% |
| 2009 | 32,938 ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 33,610 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 32,733 ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 35,579 ha | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 34,946 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 35,288 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 36,345 ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 38,915 ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 39,099 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 40,759 ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 43,580 ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 44,360 ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 45,891 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 42,008 ha | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 44,076 ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 37,912 ha | -14.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,600 ha | 11,200 ha | 12,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,458 ha | 11,643 ha | 14,724 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,993 ha | 16,652 ha | 44,116 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,922 ha | 26,360 ha | 40,769 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,513 ha | 32,070 ha | 40,047 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,085 ha | 32,733 ha | 43,580 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,849 ha | 37,912 ha | 45,891 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Central America?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Central America was 37,912 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 45,891 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.