Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 274,632 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 274,632 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 12.7% on the previous year and up 76.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 274,632 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 26,754 ha, in 1962.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,351 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,754 ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 27,517 ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 27,967 ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 28,232 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 28,117 ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 28,650 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 27,697 ha | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 28,467 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 29,861 ha | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 29,965 ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 28,461 ha | -5.0% |
| 1973 | 29,791 ha | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 28,340 ha | -4.9% |
| 1975 | 29,683 ha | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 29,688 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 29,928 ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 31,801 ha | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 32,383 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 32,969 ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 33,652 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 34,697 ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 35,761 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 35,739 ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 36,802 ha | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 37,671 ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 38,600 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 39,429 ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 40,714 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 41,754 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 47,852 ha | +14.6% |
| 1992 | 48,819 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 49,635 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 48,383 ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 52,948 ha | +9.4% |
| 1996 | 55,957 ha | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 61,125 ha | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 65,941 ha | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 73,059 ha | +10.8% |
| 2000 | 87,283 ha | +19.5% |
| 2001 | 89,773 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 91,947 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 92,418 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 95,798 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 95,533 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 98,057 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 99,362 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 105,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 104,490 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 157,222 ha | +50.5% |
| 2011 | 153,237 ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 154,639 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 153,050 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 155,327 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 170,335 ha | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 179,549 ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 206,688 ha | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 206,136 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 207,546 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 256,341 ha | +23.5% |
| 2021 | 227,778 ha | -11.1% |
| 2022 | 237,836 ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 243,758 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 274,632 ha | +12.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +50.5% | 104,490 ha | 157,222 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,861 ha | 26,754 ha | 28,650 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,990 ha | 28,340 ha | 32,383 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,603 ha | 32,969 ha | 40,714 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 54,547 ha | 41,754 ha | 73,059 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 95,966 ha | 87,283 ha | 105,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 174,373 ha | 153,050 ha | 207,546 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 248,069 ha | 227,778 ha | 274,632 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 274,632 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 274,632 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,754 ha in 1962.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.