Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 3,178 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Jamaica stood at 3,178 ha.
The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 3,403 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 540 ha, in 1964.
Jamaica ranks 50th of 122 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | -26.7% |
| 1963 | 1,180 ha | +7.3% |
| 1964 | 540 ha | -54.2% |
| 1965 | 930 ha | +72.2% |
| 1966 | 1,621 ha | +74.3% |
| 1967 | 1,288 ha | -20.5% |
| 1968 | 1,266 ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 1,091 ha | -13.8% |
| 1970 | 1,464 ha | +34.2% |
| 1971 | 2,148 ha | +46.7% |
| 1972 | 2,036 ha | -5.2% |
| 1973 | 1,969 ha | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 2,011 ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 2,554 ha | +27.0% |
| 1976 | 2,062 ha | -19.3% |
| 1977 | 2,577 ha | +25.0% |
| 1978 | 2,835 ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 1,836 ha | -35.2% |
| 1980 | 1,925 ha | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 2,157 ha | +12.1% |
| 1982 | 1,819 ha | -15.7% |
| 1983 | 2,492 ha | +37.0% |
| 1984 | 2,777 ha | +11.4% |
| 1985 | 2,224 ha | -19.9% |
| 1986 | 1,939 ha | -12.8% |
| 1987 | 2,091 ha | +7.8% |
| 1988 | 1,715 ha | -18.0% |
| 1989 | 1,799 ha | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 1,948 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 2,003 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 2,240 ha | +11.8% |
| 1993 | 2,039 ha | -9.0% |
| 1994 | 2,348 ha | +15.2% |
| 1995 | 2,297 ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 2,293 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 2,094 ha | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 1,938 ha | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 1,827 ha | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 1,935 ha | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 1,962 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 1,733 ha | -11.7% |
| 2003 | 2,078 ha | +19.9% |
| 2004 | 1,660 ha | -20.1% |
| 2005 | 1,771 ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 2,035 ha | +14.9% |
| 2007 | 1,979 ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 1,951 ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 2,271 ha | +16.4% |
| 2010 | 2,355 ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 2,749 ha | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 2,895 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 2,992 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 2,666 ha | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 2,481 ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 2,782 ha | +12.1% |
| 2017 | 2,666 ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 2,925 ha | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 3,081 ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 3,129 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 3,087 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 3,403 ha | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 3,363 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 3,178 ha | -5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,168 ha | 540 ha | 1,621 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,149 ha | 1,464 ha | 2,835 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,094 ha | 1,715 ha | 2,777 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,103 ha | 1,827 ha | 2,348 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,938 ha | 1,660 ha | 2,271 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,759 ha | 2,355 ha | 3,081 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,232 ha | 3,087 ha | 3,403 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Jamaica was 3,178 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,403 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 540 ha in 1964.
- How does Jamaica rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 50th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.