Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 4,791 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 4,791 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 35.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 9,056 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 480 ha, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 43rd of 122 countries on this measure, 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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 480 ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 720 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 665 ha | -7.6% |
| 1965 | 970 ha | +45.9% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1968 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 842 ha | -29.8% |
| 1977 | 850 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 880 ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 860 ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 1,028 ha | +19.5% |
| 1981 | 1,610 ha | +56.6% |
| 1982 | 2,042 ha | +26.8% |
| 1983 | 2,300 ha | +12.6% |
| 1984 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1985 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 2,949 ha | +9.2% |
| 1987 | 3,395 ha | +15.1% |
| 1988 | 4,352 ha | +28.2% |
| 1989 | 4,415 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 4,774 ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 5,500 ha | +15.2% |
| 1992 | 5,123 ha | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 6,773 ha | +32.2% |
| 1994 | 9,056 ha | +33.7% |
| 1995 | 7,817 ha | -13.7% |
| 1996 | 7,313 ha | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 7,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 6,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 7,785 ha | +11.2% |
| 2001 | 7,857 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 7,593 ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 7,600 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 7,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8,074 ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 7,418 ha | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 8,840 ha | +19.2% |
| 2008 | 8,800 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 7,843 ha | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 7,210 ha | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 7,510 ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 7,885 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 7,778 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 7,470 ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 8,023 ha | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 8,143 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 6,953 ha | -14.6% |
| 2018 | 6,720 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 6,783 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 7,070 ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 7,070 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 4,800 ha | -32.1% |
| 2023 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 4,791 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 803.89 ha | 480 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 973.2 ha | 842 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,729 ha | 1,028 ha | 4,415 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,686 ha | 4,774 ha | 9,056 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,941 ha | 7,418 ha | 8,840 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,448 ha | 6,720 ha | 8,143 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,706 ha | 4,791 ha | 7,070 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in New Zealand was 4,791 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 9,056 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 480 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 43rd out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.