Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 31,952 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 31,952 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.6% on the previous year and down 39.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 93,459 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 6,345 ha, in 1979.
That places Cuba 12th 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 Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 29,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 30,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 38,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 1965 | 25,000 ha | -34.2% |
| 1966 | 22,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1967 | 24,948 ha | +13.4% |
| 1968 | 20,694 ha | -17.1% |
| 1969 | 8,648 ha | -58.2% |
| 1970 | 15,337 ha | +77.3% |
| 1971 | 18,650 ha | +21.6% |
| 1972 | 17,737 ha | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 18,795 ha | +6.0% |
| 1974 | 18,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 21,447 ha | +19.1% |
| 1976 | 16,880 ha | -21.3% |
| 1977 | 11,500 ha | -31.9% |
| 1978 | 7,660 ha | -33.4% |
| 1979 | 6,345 ha | -17.2% |
| 1980 | 15,320 ha | +141.4% |
| 1981 | 14,413 ha | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 18,734 ha | +30.0% |
| 1983 | 24,412 ha | +30.3% |
| 1984 | 19,804 ha | -18.9% |
| 1985 | 19,344 ha | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 20,346 ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 21,142 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 19,132 ha | -9.5% |
| 1989 | 27,194 ha | +42.1% |
| 1990 | 26,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 21,454 ha | -17.5% |
| 1993 | 19,391 ha | -9.6% |
| 1994 | 21,047 ha | +8.5% |
| 1995 | 26,442 ha | +25.6% |
| 1996 | 23,333 ha | -11.8% |
| 1997 | 30,502 ha | +30.7% |
| 1998 | 34,950 ha | +14.6% |
| 1999 | 42,586 ha | +21.8% |
| 2000 | 56,456 ha | +32.6% |
| 2001 | 64,472 ha | +14.2% |
| 2002 | 65,804 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 68,774 ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 93,459 ha | +35.9% |
| 2005 | 89,304 ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 70,650 ha | -20.9% |
| 2007 | 72,240 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 73,038 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 66,644 ha | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 56,597 ha | -15.1% |
| 2011 | 56,788 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 52,381 ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 55,865 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 52,759 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 53,020 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 57,018 ha | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 54,266 ha | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 50,252 ha | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 43,390 ha | -13.7% |
| 2020 | 31,033 ha | -28.5% |
| 2021 | 33,294 ha | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 32,883 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 33,844 ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 31,952 ha | -5.6% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 31,952 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,722 ha, 8.6× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 31,952 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,109 ha, 28.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +141.4% | 6,345 ha | 15,320 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,143 ha | 8,648 ha | 38,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,235 ha | 6,345 ha | 21,447 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,984 ha | 14,413 ha | 27,194 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,170 ha | 19,391 ha | 42,586 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 72,084 ha | 56,456 ha | 93,459 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,234 ha | 43,390 ha | 57,018 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,601 ha | 31,033 ha | 33,844 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 9 Ukraine 51,900 ha compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6,612 ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 3,926 ha compare
- 10 Rwanda 51,880 ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,201 ha compare
- 11 South Africa 40,599 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,804 ha compare
- 13 Mexico 27,531 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 2,249 ha compare
- 14 Pakistan 26,882 ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 382 ha compare
- 15 Italy 21,090 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 0 ha
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Cuba?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Cuba was 31,952 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 Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 93,459 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,345 ha in 1979.
- How does Cuba rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 12th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cuba 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.