Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 412,110 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 412,110 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 417,014 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 49,000 ha, in 1961.
That places China, mainland 3rd 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 China, mainland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 56,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 58,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 59,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 58,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 58,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 58,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 58,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 56,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 56,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 55,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 57,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 60,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 62,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 62,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 66,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 68,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 70,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 72,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 75,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 76,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 76,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 80,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 82,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 84,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 80,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 110,000 ha | +37.5% |
| 1994 | 130,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1995 | 140,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 185,000 ha | +32.1% |
| 1997 | 200,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 215,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 220,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 235,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 240,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 270,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 280,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 300,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 305,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 315,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 325,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 327,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 350,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 361,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 374,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 380,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 385,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 390,494 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 413,440 ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 396,311 ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 394,799 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 397,047 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 401,559 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 406,932 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 417,014 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 408,501 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 410,816 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 412,110 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,667 ha | 49,000 ha | 59,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 60,000 ha | 55,000 ha | 68,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 73,200 ha | 68,000 ha | 80,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 144,600 ha | 80,000 ha | 220,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 294,700 ha | 235,000 ha | 350,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 389,465 ha | 361,500 ha | 413,440 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 411,075 ha | 406,932 ha | 417,014 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in China, mainland?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in China, mainland was 412,110 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 417,014 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,000 ha in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 3rd out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.