Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 16,975 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Niger, 1995–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Niger recorded 16,975 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 565.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Niger peaked at 16,975 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,250 ha, in 1995.
That places Niger 20th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1,250 ha | — |
| 1996 | 1,500 ha | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 1,750 ha | +16.7% |
| 1998 | 2,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 2,250 ha | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 2,500 ha | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 2,750 ha | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 3,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 3,250 ha | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 3,500 ha | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 3,750 ha | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 4,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 4,289 ha | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 5,761 ha | +34.3% |
| 2009 | 3,811 ha | -33.8% |
| 2010 | 1,974 ha | -48.2% |
| 2011 | 2,186 ha | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 1,573 ha | -28.0% |
| 2013 | 3,052 ha | +94.0% |
| 2014 | 2,551 ha | -16.4% |
| 2015 | 3,973 ha | +55.7% |
| 2016 | 4,186 ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 4,274 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 4,864 ha | +13.8% |
| 2019 | 6,378 ha | +31.1% |
| 2020 | 8,211 ha | +28.7% |
| 2021 | 8,090 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 11,841 ha | +46.4% |
| 2023 | 16,573 ha | +40.0% |
| 2024 | 16,975 ha | +2.4% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 16,975 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 4,326 ha, 3.9× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Niger's 16,975 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,749 ha, 1.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Niger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +94.0% | 1,573 ha | 3,052 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,750 ha | 1,250 ha | 2,250 ha | 5 |
| 2000s | 3,661 ha | 2,500 ha | 5,761 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,501 ha | 1,573 ha | 6,378 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,338 ha | 8,090 ha | 16,975 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Niger?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Niger was 16,975 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 16,975 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,250 ha in 1995.
- How does Niger rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 20th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 565.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niger 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.