Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Malaysia
Malaysia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 4,891 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Malaysia stood at 4,891 ha.
The figure is up 18.5% on the previous year and up 109.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Malaysia peaked at 4,979 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1961.
That places Malaysia 42nd out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 110 ha | -8.3% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 140 ha | +40.0% |
| 1967 | 144 ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 183 ha | +27.1% |
| 1969 | 250 ha | +36.6% |
| 1970 | 276 ha | +10.4% |
| 1971 | 267 ha | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 280 ha | +4.9% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 370 ha | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 390 ha | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 410 ha | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 400 ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 1984 | 370 ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 460 ha | +24.3% |
| 1986 | 470 ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 400 ha | -14.9% |
| 1988 | 330 ha | -17.5% |
| 1989 | 350 ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 400 ha | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 430 ha | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 454 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 470 ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 499 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 504 ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 334 ha | -33.7% |
| 1999 | 330 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 297 ha | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 307 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 378 ha | +23.1% |
| 2003 | 396 ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 500 ha | +26.3% |
| 2005 | 420 ha | -16.0% |
| 2006 | 402 ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 442 ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 599 ha | +35.5% |
| 2009 | 752 ha | +25.5% |
| 2010 | 1,508 ha | +100.5% |
| 2011 | 1,603 ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 1,664 ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 2,323 ha | +39.6% |
| 2014 | 2,333 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,817 ha | -22.1% |
| 2016 | 1,128 ha | -37.9% |
| 2017 | 1,435 ha | +27.2% |
| 2018 | 1,738 ha | +21.1% |
| 2019 | 2,077 ha | +19.5% |
| 2020 | 4,108 ha | +97.8% |
| 2021 | 4,979 ha | +21.2% |
| 2022 | 4,819 ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 4,128 ha | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 4,891 ha | +18.5% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 4,891 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,722 ha, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 4,891 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,891 ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Malaysia 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 | +100.5% | 752 ha | 1,508 ha |
| 2020 | +97.8% | 2,077 ha | 4,108 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 138.56 ha | 100 ha | 250 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 304.3 ha | 267 ha | 370 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 393 ha | 330 ha | 470 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 415.1 ha | 330 ha | 504 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 449.3 ha | 297 ha | 752 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,763 ha | 1,128 ha | 2,333 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,585 ha | 4,108 ha | 4,979 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More agriculture & rural data for Malaysia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0822 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,078 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.913 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2261 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Malaysia?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Malaysia was 4,891 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,979 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1961.
- How does Malaysia rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 42nd out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 109.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.