Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 130 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 130 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 268 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 2018.
That places Cyprus 100th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 147 ha | — |
| 1962 | 161 ha | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 187 ha | +16.1% |
| 1964 | 161 ha | -13.9% |
| 1965 | 174 ha | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 201 ha | +15.5% |
| 1967 | 214 ha | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 227 ha | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 201 ha | -11.5% |
| 1970 | 268 ha | +33.3% |
| 1971 | 268 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 268 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 268 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 268 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 201 ha | -25.0% |
| 1976 | 214 ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 254 ha | +18.7% |
| 1978 | 161 ha | -36.6% |
| 1979 | 167 ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 134 ha | -19.8% |
| 1981 | 134 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 134 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 140 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 134 ha | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 134 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 161 ha | +20.1% |
| 1987 | 120 ha | -25.5% |
| 1988 | 134 ha | +11.7% |
| 1989 | 140 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 140 ha | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 158 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 162 ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 162 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 160 ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 157 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 157 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 155 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 152 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 165 ha | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 129 ha | -21.8% |
| 2009 | 105 ha | -18.6% |
| 2010 | 105 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 113 ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 138 ha | +22.1% |
| 2013 | 116 ha | -15.9% |
| 2014 | 109 ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 132 ha | +21.1% |
| 2016 | 137 ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 119 ha | -13.1% |
| 2018 | 100 ha | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 120 ha | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 130 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 806 ha, 16% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 130 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 951 ha, 14% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 185.89 ha | 147 ha | 227 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 233.7 ha | 161 ha | 268 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 136.5 ha | 120 ha | 161 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 156.2 ha | 140 ha | 162 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 150 ha | 105 ha | 165 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 117.9 ha | 100 ha | 138 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 122 ha | 120 ha | 130 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Cyprus was 130 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 Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 268 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 2018.
- How does Cyprus rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 100th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.