Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 6,430 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Germany, 2000–2024
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 Germany is 6,430 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 50.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Germany peaked at 6,510 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 644 ha, in 2000.
Germany ranks 39th of 122 countries 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 Germany, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 644 ha | — |
| 2001 | 818 ha | +27.0% |
| 2002 | 741 ha | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 735 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 857 ha | +16.6% |
| 2005 | 2,257 ha | +163.4% |
| 2006 | 2,165 ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 2,238 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 2,671 ha | +19.3% |
| 2009 | 2,728 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 2,797 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 3,099 ha | +10.8% |
| 2012 | 3,642 ha | +17.5% |
| 2013 | 3,963 ha | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 4,261 ha | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 4,622 ha | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 5,095 ha | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 5,651 ha | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 5,320 ha | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 5,380 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 5,910 ha | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 6,140 ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 5,990 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 6,510 ha | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 6,430 ha | -1.2% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 6,430 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 806 ha, 8.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Germany's 6,430 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 951 ha, 6.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Germany 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +163.4% | 857 ha | 2,257 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,585 ha | 644 ha | 2,728 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,383 ha | 2,797 ha | 5,651 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,196 ha | 5,910 ha | 6,510 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Germany?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Germany was 6,430 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 6,510 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 644 ha in 2000.
- How does Germany rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 39th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Germany 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.