Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 1,159 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1990–2024
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 Ecuador is 1,159 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 13,200 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 840 ha, in 2003.
That places Ecuador 69th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 13,200 ha | — |
| 1991 | 12,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 9,500 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 9,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1996 | 7,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 9,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1998 | 8,600 ha | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 5,400 ha | -37.2% |
| 2000 | 3,600 ha | -33.3% |
| 2001 | 2,000 ha | -44.4% |
| 2002 | 1,200 ha | -40.0% |
| 2003 | 840 ha | -30.0% |
| 2004 | 862 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 965 ha | +11.9% |
| 2006 | 970 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 1,020 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 1,040 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 1,100 ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 1,212 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 1,171 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 1,071 ha | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 1,151 ha | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 1,131 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 1,147 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,158 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,165 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,157 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,160 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,161 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,159 ha | -0.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,159 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,722 ha, 31% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,159 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,109 ha, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Ecuador 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -44.4% | 3,600 ha | 2,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,220 ha | 5,400 ha | 13,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,350 ha | 840 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,159 ha | 1,071 ha | 1,250 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,160 ha | 1,157 ha | 1,165 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Ecuador was 1,159 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 13,200 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 840 ha in 2003.
- How does Ecuador rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 69th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.