Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 64,344 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Egypt stood at 64,344 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 17.6% on the previous year and up 156.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 64,344 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,517 ha, in 2021.
Egypt ranks 6th of 122 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,602 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,182 ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 13,443 ha | +10.4% |
| 1964 | 13,443 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 13,244 ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 15,131 ha | +14.2% |
| 1967 | 17,080 ha | +12.9% |
| 1968 | 19,744 ha | +15.6% |
| 1969 | 19,324 ha | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 18,904 ha | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 19,744 ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 17,643 ha | -10.6% |
| 1973 | 17,223 ha | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 18,063 ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 19,456 ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 20,528 ha | +5.5% |
| 1977 | 21,540 ha | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 23,548 ha | +9.3% |
| 1979 | 23,966 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 23,481 ha | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 24,337 ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 24,214 ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 25,200 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 25,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 25,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 26,470 ha | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 23,100 ha | -12.7% |
| 1988 | 23,525 ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 21,000 ha | -10.7% |
| 1990 | 21,538 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 22,267 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 20,538 ha | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 21,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 22,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 26,161 ha | +16.3% |
| 1996 | 27,879 ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 32,000 ha | +14.8% |
| 1998 | 35,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1999 | 37,150 ha | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 40,480 ha | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 39,131 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 37,448 ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 44,489 ha | +18.8% |
| 2004 | 38,482 ha | -13.5% |
| 2005 | 39,200 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 39,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 40,098 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 37,316 ha | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 34,662 ha | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 34,889 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 35,520 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 30,906 ha | -13.0% |
| 2013 | 27,034 ha | -12.5% |
| 2014 | 25,050 ha | -7.3% |
| 2015 | 25,074 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 22,935 ha | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 23,995 ha | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 20,545 ha | -14.4% |
| 2019 | 18,544 ha | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 19,250 ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 7,517 ha | -61.0% |
| 2022 | 23,600 ha | +214.0% |
| 2023 | 54,700 ha | +131.8% |
| 2024 | 64,344 ha | +17.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,133 ha | 12,182 ha | 19,744 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,062 ha | 17,223 ha | 23,966 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,173 ha | 21,000 ha | 26,470 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,603 ha | 20,538 ha | 37,150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,081 ha | 34,662 ha | 44,489 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,449 ha | 18,544 ha | 35,520 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,882 ha | 7,517 ha | 64,344 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 3 China, mainland 412,110 ha compare
- 4 Cameroon 157,269 ha compare
- 5 Central African Republic 110,444 ha compare
- 7 Bangladesh 61,100 ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 53,946 ha compare
- 9 Ukraine 51,900 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Egypt?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Egypt was 64,344 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 64,344 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,517 ha in 2021.
- How does Egypt rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 6th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 156.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.