Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 90,220 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in European Union (27) stood at 90,220 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.9% on the previous year and up 84.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 1.10 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 37,725 ha, in 2005.
European Union (27) ranks 14th 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 European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.06 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 874,649 ha | -17.8% |
| 1963 | 1.10 million ha | +25.9% |
| 1964 | 1.07 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 827,987 ha | -22.9% |
| 1966 | 693,911 ha | -16.2% |
| 1967 | 541,201 ha | -22.0% |
| 1968 | 356,481 ha | -34.1% |
| 1969 | 315,161 ha | -11.6% |
| 1970 | 235,044 ha | -25.4% |
| 1971 | 238,795 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 228,711 ha | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 197,982 ha | -13.4% |
| 1974 | 200,088 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 196,164 ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 202,012 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 176,864 ha | -12.4% |
| 1978 | 161,841 ha | -8.5% |
| 1979 | 158,605 ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 167,095 ha | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 161,202 ha | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 163,432 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 161,516 ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 134,727 ha | -16.6% |
| 1985 | 126,443 ha | -6.1% |
| 1986 | 111,036 ha | -12.2% |
| 1987 | 108,787 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 113,776 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 113,529 ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 75,933 ha | -33.1% |
| 1991 | 66,978 ha | -11.8% |
| 1992 | 51,368 ha | -23.3% |
| 1993 | 78,126 ha | +52.1% |
| 1994 | 62,552 ha | -19.9% |
| 1995 | 67,385 ha | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 73,594 ha | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 60,021 ha | -18.4% |
| 1998 | 65,670 ha | +9.4% |
| 1999 | 67,059 ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 56,529 ha | -15.7% |
| 2001 | 52,945 ha | -6.3% |
| 2002 | 66,960 ha | +26.5% |
| 2003 | 60,050 ha | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 49,483 ha | -17.6% |
| 2005 | 37,725 ha | -23.8% |
| 2006 | 42,093 ha | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 42,794 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 41,667 ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 43,032 ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 47,197 ha | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 47,925 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 49,685 ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 47,288 ha | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 48,809 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 53,846 ha | +10.3% |
| 2016 | 66,724 ha | +23.9% |
| 2017 | 56,338 ha | -15.6% |
| 2018 | 65,580 ha | +16.4% |
| 2019 | 66,170 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 80,890 ha | +22.2% |
| 2021 | 84,020 ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 82,600 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 82,849 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 90,220 ha | +8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 761,030 ha | 315,161 ha | 1.10 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 199,611 ha | 158,605 ha | 238,795 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 136,154 ha | 108,787 ha | 167,095 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 66,869 ha | 51,368 ha | 78,126 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,328 ha | 37,725 ha | 66,960 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,956 ha | 47,197 ha | 66,724 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,116 ha | 80,890 ha | 90,220 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in European Union (27) was 90,220 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.10 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 37,725 ha in 2005.
- How does European Union (27) rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.