Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 477,102 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 477,102 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.9% on the previous year and up 43.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 477,102 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 82,320 ha, in 1969.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 91,795 ha | — |
| 1962 | 89,326 ha | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 96,135 ha | +7.6% |
| 1964 | 103,099 ha | +7.2% |
| 1965 | 90,247 ha | -12.5% |
| 1966 | 90,762 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 95,839 ha | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 92,975 ha | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 82,320 ha | -11.5% |
| 1970 | 91,707 ha | +11.4% |
| 1971 | 95,504 ha | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 90,389 ha | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 93,490 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 92,034 ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 104,762 ha | +13.8% |
| 1976 | 99,879 ha | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 93,838 ha | -6.0% |
| 1978 | 94,089 ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 93,669 ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 112,571 ha | +20.2% |
| 1981 | 112,923 ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 120,806 ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 130,763 ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 130,540 ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 131,832 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 136,820 ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 133,177 ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 133,479 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 136,918 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 145,125 ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 148,280 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 143,365 ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 144,819 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 150,766 ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 164,615 ha | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 167,661 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 186,101 ha | +11.0% |
| 1998 | 197,481 ha | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 214,341 ha | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 248,702 ha | +16.0% |
| 2001 | 261,865 ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 264,870 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 279,556 ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 301,006 ha | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 299,884 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 288,122 ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 292,373 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 304,150 ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 291,846 ha | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 342,448 ha | +17.3% |
| 2011 | 341,613 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 337,769 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 338,743 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 332,907 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 348,177 ha | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 357,245 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 380,887 ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 377,643 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 369,459 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 407,519 ha | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 376,386 ha | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 399,188 ha | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 442,050 ha | +10.7% |
| 2024 | 477,102 ha | +7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 92,500 ha | 82,320 ha | 103,099 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 94,936 ha | 90,389 ha | 104,762 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 127,983 ha | 112,571 ha | 136,918 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 166,255 ha | 143,365 ha | 214,341 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 283,237 ha | 248,702 ha | 304,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 352,689 ha | 332,907 ha | 380,887 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 420,449 ha | 376,386 ha | 477,102 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 1 India 560,547 ha compare
- 2 China 414,308 ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 477,102 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 477,102 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 82,320 ha in 1969.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.