Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 13,464 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Morocco, 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 Morocco is 13,464 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.7% on the previous year and up 62.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 14,434 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,900 ha, in 1964.
That places Morocco 28th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,600 ha | -7.7% |
| 1963 | 3,100 ha | -13.9% |
| 1964 | 2,900 ha | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 3,600 ha | +24.1% |
| 1966 | 5,100 ha | +41.7% |
| 1967 | 4,300 ha | -15.7% |
| 1968 | 5,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1969 | 3,900 ha | -22.0% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | +28.2% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 5,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 5,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 5,600 ha | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 5,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,800 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 5,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 6,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 6,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 6,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 6,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 6,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,300 ha | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 5,894 ha | -6.4% |
| 1990 | 8,134 ha | +38.0% |
| 1991 | 7,049 ha | -13.3% |
| 1992 | 6,805 ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 6,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1994 | 6,800 ha | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 5,217 ha | -23.3% |
| 1996 | 7,760 ha | +48.7% |
| 1997 | 7,300 ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 7,743 ha | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 5,920 ha | -23.5% |
| 2000 | 7,085 ha | +19.7% |
| 2001 | 5,898 ha | -16.8% |
| 2002 | 6,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 6,585 ha | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 8,893 ha | +35.0% |
| 2005 | 6,783 ha | -23.7% |
| 2006 | 7,745 ha | +14.2% |
| 2007 | 7,700 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 8,817 ha | +14.5% |
| 2009 | 9,599 ha | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 7,502 ha | -21.8% |
| 2011 | 8,110 ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 9,300 ha | +14.7% |
| 2013 | 8,089 ha | -13.0% |
| 2014 | 8,269 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 8,242 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 7,057 ha | -14.4% |
| 2017 | 7,539 ha | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 6,689 ha | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 8,434 ha | +26.1% |
| 2020 | 7,196 ha | -14.7% |
| 2021 | 11,569 ha | +60.8% |
| 2022 | 11,393 ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 14,434 ha | +26.7% |
| 2024 | 13,464 ha | -6.7% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 13,464 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,051 ha, 6.6× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 13,464 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,606 ha, 8.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,933 ha | 2,900 ha | 5,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,350 ha | 5,000 ha | 5,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,189 ha | 5,894 ha | 6,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,873 ha | 5,217 ha | 8,134 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,510 ha | 5,898 ha | 9,599 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,923 ha | 6,689 ha | 9,300 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,611 ha | 7,196 ha | 14,434 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Morocco?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Morocco was 13,464 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 14,434 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,900 ha in 1964.
- How does Morocco rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 28th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.