Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 21,090 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 21,090 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 11.4% on the previous year and up 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Italy peaked at 21,090 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12,726 ha, in 1974.
Italy ranks 15th of 122 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,200 ha | -9.6% |
| 1963 | 14,940 ha | +13.2% |
| 1964 | 15,014 ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 14,358 ha | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 15,045 ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 14,270 ha | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 14,159 ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 12,864 ha | -9.1% |
| 1970 | 13,023 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 13,231 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 12,963 ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 12,900 ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 12,726 ha | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 13,379 ha | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 13,215 ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 13,174 ha | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 13,216 ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 13,789 ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 13,498 ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 13,770 ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 13,538 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 13,409 ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 13,336 ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 13,317 ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 13,113 ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 12,730 ha | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 12,898 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 12,957 ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 13,253 ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 13,365 ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 13,585 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 13,779 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 13,490 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 13,490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 13,871 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 15,655 ha | +12.9% |
| 1998 | 15,921 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 14,162 ha | -11.0% |
| 2000 | 14,620 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 15,277 ha | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 16,194 ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 16,628 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 16,653 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 16,736 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 17,123 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 17,023 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 16,582 ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 16,486 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 17,275 ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 17,905 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 17,998 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 18,105 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 18,209 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 18,427 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 18,443 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 18,573 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 18,670 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 19,080 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 20,150 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 19,950 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 19,050 ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 18,930 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 21,090 ha | +11.4% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 21,090 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 806 ha, 26.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Italy's 21,090 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 951 ha, 22.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,272 ha | 12,864 ha | 15,045 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,162 ha | 12,726 ha | 13,789 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,257 ha | 12,730 ha | 13,770 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,057 ha | 13,253 ha | 15,921 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,332 ha | 14,620 ha | 17,123 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,268 ha | 17,275 ha | 19,080 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,834 ha | 18,930 ha | 21,090 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 12 Cuba 31,952 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,804 ha compare
- 13 Mexico 27,531 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 2,249 ha compare
- 14 Pakistan 26,882 ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 382 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 0 ha
- 16 Philippines 19,262 ha compare
- 16 Caribbean 52,702 ha compare
- 17 Malawi 19,156 ha compare
- 18 Spain 17,740 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Italy?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Italy was 21,090 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 21,090 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,726 ha in 1974.
- How does Italy rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 15th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.