Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 93,032 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Eastern Africa is 93,032 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 70.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 95,577 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7,387 ha, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 13th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,387 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,453 ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 7,450 ha | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,955 ha | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 8,006 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 7,956 ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 7,957 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,472 ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 8,432 ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 8,725 ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 8,711 ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 9,231 ha | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 9,415 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 9,400 ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 10,454 ha | +11.2% |
| 1976 | 10,460 ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 10,460 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 11,437 ha | +9.3% |
| 1979 | 11,431 ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 11,813 ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 12,155 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 12,585 ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 12,845 ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 12,973 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 14,248 ha | +9.8% |
| 1986 | 14,256 ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 14,472 ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 14,665 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 14,841 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 15,097 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 15,339 ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 15,465 ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 15,671 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 13,826 ha | -11.8% |
| 1995 | 16,103 ha | +16.5% |
| 1996 | 17,865 ha | +10.9% |
| 1997 | 21,898 ha | +22.6% |
| 1998 | 25,958 ha | +18.5% |
| 1999 | 31,204 ha | +20.2% |
| 2000 | 42,115 ha | +35.0% |
| 2001 | 43,128 ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 43,978 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 44,117 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 44,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 44,645 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 45,041 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 45,318 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 45,838 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 46,540 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 47,305 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 47,853 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 51,166 ha | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 53,494 ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 54,483 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 55,613 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 55,975 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 81,798 ha | +46.1% |
| 2018 | 79,182 ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 85,830 ha | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 95,577 ha | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 92,050 ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 92,276 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 93,135 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 93,032 ha | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +46.1% | 55,975 ha | 81,798 ha |
| 2000 | +35.0% | 31,204 ha | 42,115 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,896 ha | 7,387 ha | 8,472 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,972 ha | 8,711 ha | 11,437 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,485 ha | 11,813 ha | 14,841 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,843 ha | 13,826 ha | 31,204 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,522 ha | 42,115 ha | 46,540 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,270 ha | 47,305 ha | 85,830 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 93,214 ha | 92,050 ha | 95,577 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 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 Cuba 31,952 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
- 16 Philippines 19,262 ha compare
- 16 Caribbean 52,702 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 93,032 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 95,577 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,387 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.