Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 270,518 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Middle Africa stood at 270,518 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.4% on the previous year and up 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 270,518 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,005 ha, in 1968.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,470 ha | +15.7% |
| 1963 | 2,860 ha | -17.6% |
| 1964 | 2,640 ha | -7.7% |
| 1965 | 3,180 ha | +20.5% |
| 1966 | 2,970 ha | -6.6% |
| 1967 | 3,450 ha | +16.2% |
| 1968 | 2,005 ha | -41.9% |
| 1969 | 2,180 ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 2,750 ha | +26.1% |
| 1971 | 2,810 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 2,870 ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 3,440 ha | +19.9% |
| 1974 | 3,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 3,550 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 3,700 ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 4,130 ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 4,230 ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 4,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 4,350 ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 4,430 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 4,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 4,550 ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 4,600 ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 4,680 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 4,740 ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 14,854 ha | +213.4% |
| 1991 | 23,031 ha | +55.0% |
| 1992 | 32,307 ha | +40.3% |
| 1993 | 40,050 ha | +24.0% |
| 1994 | 47,200 ha | +17.9% |
| 1995 | 57,400 ha | +21.6% |
| 1996 | 65,400 ha | +13.9% |
| 1997 | 73,400 ha | +12.2% |
| 1998 | 95,450 ha | +30.0% |
| 1999 | 103,450 ha | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 105,221 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 104,794 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 103,926 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 127,912 ha | +23.1% |
| 2004 | 121,380 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 114,845 ha | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 116,492 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 118,931 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 134,089 ha | +12.7% |
| 2009 | 138,640 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 194,735 ha | +40.5% |
| 2011 | 195,120 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 200,521 ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 195,246 ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 201,362 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 208,901 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 210,994 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 210,335 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 212,051 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 213,807 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 251,817 ha | +17.8% |
| 2021 | 239,316 ha | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 235,127 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 238,494 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 270,518 ha | +13.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,862 ha | 2,005 ha | 3,470 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,432 ha | 2,750 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,451 ha | 4,130 ha | 4,740 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 55,254 ha | 14,854 ha | 103,450 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 118,623 ha | 103,926 ha | 138,640 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 204,307 ha | 194,735 ha | 213,807 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 247,054 ha | 235,127 ha | 270,518 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Middle Africa was 270,518 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 270,518 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,005 ha in 1968.
- How does Middle Africa rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 15 regions with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.