Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in India
India: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 560,547 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in India stood at 560,547 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.1% on the previous year and up 160.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in India peaked at 560,547 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 125,000 ha, in 1961.
That places India 1st out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 125,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 133,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 140,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 147,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 150,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 160,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 170,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 175,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 180,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 183,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 190,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 200,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 205,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 210,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 215,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 220,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 225,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 232,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 239,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 245,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 250,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 260,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 265,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 270,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 278,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 283,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 286,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 290,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 300,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 306,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 308,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 280,317 ha | -9.0% |
| 1993 | 270,566 ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 263,187 ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 256,827 ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 250,921 ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 245,268 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 239,800 ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 234,488 ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 229,321 ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 224,291 ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 216,926 ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 209,908 ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 203,213 ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 196,813 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 190,673 ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 184,735 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 178,865 ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 172,737 ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 165,587 ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 148,000 ha | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 193,000 ha | +30.4% |
| 2013 | 213,000 ha | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 215,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 251,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 328,145 ha | +30.7% |
| 2017 | 339,656 ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 352,541 ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 435,197 ha | +23.4% |
| 2020 | 459,443 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 469,010 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 496,430 ha | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 491,429 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 560,547 ha | +14.1% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 560,547 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,051 ha, 273.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +30.7% | 251,000 ha | 328,145 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 153,333 ha | 125,000 ha | 180,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 211,900 ha | 183,000 ha | 239,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 272,700 ha | 245,000 ha | 300,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 265,537 ha | 234,488 ha | 308,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 200,748 ha | 172,737 ha | 229,321 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 264,113 ha | 148,000 ha | 435,197 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 495,372 ha | 459,443 ha | 560,547 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in India?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in India was 560,547 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 560,547 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 125,000 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 160.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.