Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 400,436 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 400,436 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.0% on the previous year and up 43.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 400,436 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20,047 ha, in 1961.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 6th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,047 ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,063 ha | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 20,760 ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 21,040 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 22,129 ha | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 21,151 ha | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 22,712 ha | +7.4% |
| 1968 | 21,873 ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 21,839 ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 22,916 ha | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 23,340 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 25,201 ha | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 26,728 ha | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 31,112 ha | +16.4% |
| 1975 | 33,218 ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 34,501 ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 34,231 ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 37,025 ha | +8.2% |
| 1979 | 36,750 ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 40,135 ha | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 40,544 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 44,671 ha | +10.2% |
| 1983 | 44,059 ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 43,326 ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 49,010 ha | +13.1% |
| 1986 | 44,751 ha | -8.7% |
| 1987 | 45,249 ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 45,232 ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 44,496 ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 50,383 ha | +13.2% |
| 1991 | 66,394 ha | +31.8% |
| 1992 | 76,296 ha | +14.9% |
| 1993 | 80,977 ha | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 91,730 ha | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 104,407 ha | +13.8% |
| 1996 | 113,461 ha | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 122,594 ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 149,340 ha | +21.8% |
| 1999 | 161,897 ha | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 176,057 ha | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 177,159 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 179,025 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 201,448 ha | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 199,057 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 194,003 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 192,240 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 196,690 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 214,477 ha | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 215,396 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 271,356 ha | +26.0% |
| 2011 | 270,306 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 273,344 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 272,977 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 278,804 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 287,194 ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 289,959 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 317,658 ha | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 315,978 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 328,374 ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 378,851 ha | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 358,299 ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 360,315 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 367,286 ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 400,436 ha | +9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,402 ha | 20,047 ha | 22,712 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,502 ha | 22,916 ha | 37,025 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,147 ha | 40,135 ha | 49,010 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 101,748 ha | 50,383 ha | 161,897 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 194,555 ha | 176,057 ha | 215,396 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 290,595 ha | 270,306 ha | 328,374 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 373,037 ha | 358,299 ha | 400,436 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 3 China, mainland 412,110 ha compare
- 4 Cameroon 157,269 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 91,377 ha compare
- 5 Central African Republic 110,444 ha compare
- 6 Egypt 64,344 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28,014 ha compare
- 7 Bangladesh 61,100 ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,781 ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 53,946 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 6,806 ha compare
- 9 Ukraine 51,900 ha compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6,612 ha compare
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 5.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 400,436 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 400,436 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,047 ha in 1961.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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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.