Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 2,298 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Mauritius, 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 Mauritius is 2,298 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.6% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 2,298 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 1974.
That places Mauritius 54th 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 Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 140 ha | — |
| 1962 | 160 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 150 ha | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 155 ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 206 ha | +32.9% |
| 1966 | 156 ha | -24.3% |
| 1967 | 157 ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 122 ha | -22.3% |
| 1969 | 82 ha | -32.8% |
| 1970 | 75 ha | -8.5% |
| 1971 | 61 ha | -18.7% |
| 1972 | 51 ha | -16.4% |
| 1973 | 65 ha | +27.5% |
| 1974 | 50 ha | -23.1% |
| 1975 | 104 ha | +108.0% |
| 1976 | 110 ha | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 87 ha | -20.9% |
| 1979 | 81 ha | -6.9% |
| 1980 | 163 ha | +101.2% |
| 1981 | 205 ha | +25.8% |
| 1982 | 235 ha | +14.6% |
| 1983 | 195 ha | -17.0% |
| 1984 | 223 ha | +14.4% |
| 1985 | 258 ha | +15.7% |
| 1986 | 246 ha | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 242 ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 315 ha | +30.2% |
| 1989 | 394 ha | +25.1% |
| 1990 | 448 ha | +13.7% |
| 1991 | 649 ha | +44.9% |
| 1992 | 748 ha | +15.3% |
| 1993 | 842 ha | +12.6% |
| 1994 | 1,167 ha | +38.6% |
| 1995 | 1,330 ha | +14.0% |
| 1996 | 1,204 ha | -9.5% |
| 1997 | 1,233 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 1,298 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 507 ha | -60.9% |
| 2000 | 607 ha | +19.7% |
| 2001 | 546 ha | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 508 ha | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 1,380 ha | +171.7% |
| 2004 | 1,494 ha | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 1,379 ha | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 1,469 ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 1,305 ha | -11.2% |
| 2008 | 1,196 ha | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 1,345 ha | +12.5% |
| 2010 | 1,549 ha | +15.2% |
| 2011 | 1,545 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,565 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 1,667 ha | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 1,642 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 1,619 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,683 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 1,716 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 1,692 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,937 ha | +14.5% |
| 2020 | 1,787 ha | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 1,762 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 1,858 ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 2,155 ha | +16.0% |
| 2024 | 2,298 ha | +6.6% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 2,298 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,722 ha, 62% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 2,298 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,749 ha, 16% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Mauritius 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +171.7% | 508 ha | 1,380 ha |
| 1975 | +108.0% | 50 ha | 104 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 147.56 ha | 82 ha | 206 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 79.4 ha | 50 ha | 110 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 247.6 ha | 163 ha | 394 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 942.6 ha | 448 ha | 1,330 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,123 ha | 508 ha | 1,494 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,662 ha | 1,545 ha | 1,937 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,972 ha | 1,762 ha | 2,298 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Mauritius was 2,298 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 2,298 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 1974.
- How does Mauritius rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 54th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.