Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 1,500 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Greece, 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 Greece is 1,500 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 14.3% on the previous year and up 48.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Greece peaked at 5,950 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 195 ha, in 2007.
That places Greece 65th 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 Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,950 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,760 ha | -20.0% |
| 1963 | 5,290 ha | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 5,170 ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 5,070 ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 4,970 ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 5,080 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 4,570 ha | -10.0% |
| 1969 | 4,730 ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 4,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 4,900 ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 4,700 ha | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 4,900 ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 4,600 ha | -6.1% |
| 1978 | 4,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 4,500 ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 4,400 ha | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 4,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 4,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 4,156 ha | -7.6% |
| 1986 | 4,700 ha | +13.1% |
| 1987 | 4,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 4,700 ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 4,600 ha | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 4,794 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 4,658 ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 4,749 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 629 ha | -86.8% |
| 1994 | 565 ha | -10.2% |
| 1995 | 423 ha | -25.1% |
| 1996 | 359 ha | -15.1% |
| 1997 | 497 ha | +38.4% |
| 1998 | 653 ha | +31.4% |
| 1999 | 557 ha | -14.7% |
| 2000 | 407 ha | -26.9% |
| 2001 | 426 ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 378 ha | -11.3% |
| 2003 | 410 ha | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 309 ha | -24.6% |
| 2005 | 239 ha | -22.7% |
| 2006 | 208 ha | -13.0% |
| 2007 | 195 ha | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 200 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 268 ha | +34.0% |
| 2010 | 689 ha | +157.1% |
| 2011 | 536 ha | -22.2% |
| 2012 | 532 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 624 ha | +17.3% |
| 2014 | 1,013 ha | +62.3% |
| 2015 | 1,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 305 ha | -69.5% |
| 2017 | 271 ha | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 2,680 ha | +888.9% |
| 2019 | 2,240 ha | -16.4% |
| 2020 | 2,240 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,170 ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 1,860 ha | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 1,750 ha | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 1,500 ha | -14.3% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 1,500 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 806 ha, 1.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Greece's 1,500 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 951 ha, 1.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Greece 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +888.9% | 271 ha | 2,680 ha |
| 2010 | +157.1% | 268 ha | 689 ha |
| 1993 | -86.8% | 4,749 ha | 629 ha |
| 2016 | -69.5% | 1,000 ha | 305 ha |
| 2014 | +62.3% | 624 ha | 1,013 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,066 ha | 4,570 ha | 5,950 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,820 ha | 4,500 ha | 5,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,586 ha | 4,156 ha | 4,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,788 ha | 359 ha | 4,794 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 304 ha | 195 ha | 426 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 989 ha | 271 ha | 2,680 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,904 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,240 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Greece?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Greece was 1,500 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 5,950 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 195 ha in 2007.
- How does Greece rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 65th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Greece 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.