Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 14,221 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Japan stood at 14,221 ha.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Japan peaked at 26,700 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 13,800 ha, in 2023.
That places Japan 27th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 25,900 ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 24,600 ha | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 22,800 ha | -7.3% |
| 1966 | 22,200 ha | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 20,800 ha | -6.3% |
| 1968 | 18,700 ha | -10.1% |
| 1969 | 17,300 ha | -7.5% |
| 1970 | 18,400 ha | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 18,300 ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 16,100 ha | -12.0% |
| 1973 | 15,400 ha | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 14,900 ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 14,200 ha | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 13,900 ha | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 14,700 ha | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 14,900 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 14,200 ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 16,200 ha | +14.1% |
| 1981 | 17,800 ha | +9.9% |
| 1982 | 17,900 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 17,300 ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 18,500 ha | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 17,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 17,300 ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 17,700 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 18,700 ha | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 19,300 ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 18,500 ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 18,200 ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 18,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 18,200 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 17,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 16,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 1996 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1999 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 18,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 16,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2002 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 16,800 ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 16,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16,900 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 16,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 18,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 18,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 18,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 17,900 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 17,800 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 16,600 ha | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 16,200 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 16,100 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 16,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 15,800 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 15,200 ha | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 15,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 14,800 ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 14,500 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 13,800 ha | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 14,221 ha | +3.1% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 14,221 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 806 ha, 17.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Japan's 14,221 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,891 ha, 2.9× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,778 ha | 17,300 ha | 26,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,500 ha | 13,900 ha | 18,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,820 ha | 16,200 ha | 19,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,680 ha | 16,000 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,080 ha | 16,000 ha | 18,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,490 ha | 15,200 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,364 ha | 13,800 ha | 14,800 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Japan?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Japan was 14,221 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 26,700 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,800 ha in 2023.
- How does Japan rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 27th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan 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.