Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 100,670 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 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 Northern Africa is 100,670 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 9.5% on the previous year and up 89.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 100,670 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18,824 ha, in 1962.
Northern Africa ranks 12th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,472 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,824 ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 19,669 ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 19,543 ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 20,270 ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 23,896 ha | +17.9% |
| 1967 | 25,060 ha | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 28,674 ha | +14.4% |
| 1969 | 27,670 ha | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 29,300 ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 30,931 ha | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 29,233 ha | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 29,985 ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 30,963 ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 32,346 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 34,078 ha | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 35,310 ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 37,998 ha | +7.6% |
| 1979 | 38,736 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 39,031 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 40,527 ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 40,974 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 42,830 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 42,500 ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 44,710 ha | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 46,280 ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 44,120 ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 43,345 ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 41,574 ha | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 45,052 ha | +8.4% |
| 1991 | 44,304 ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 42,493 ha | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 41,164 ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 44,930 ha | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 45,787 ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 50,664 ha | +10.7% |
| 1997 | 53,634 ha | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 58,013 ha | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 58,980 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 64,095 ha | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 60,930 ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 59,357 ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 67,560 ha | +13.8% |
| 2004 | 64,587 ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 64,202 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 66,378 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 67,167 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 64,877 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 64,149 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 64,444 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 64,926 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 60,514 ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 54,775 ha | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 53,034 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 55,166 ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 49,289 ha | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 51,577 ha | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 47,589 ha | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 48,064 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 48,978 ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 41,367 ha | -15.5% |
| 2022 | 57,223 ha | +38.3% |
| 2023 | 91,902 ha | +60.6% |
| 2024 | 100,670 ha | +9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,564 ha | 18,824 ha | 28,674 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,888 ha | 29,233 ha | 38,736 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,589 ha | 39,031 ha | 46,280 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,502 ha | 41,164 ha | 58,980 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 64,330 ha | 59,357 ha | 67,560 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,938 ha | 47,589 ha | 64,926 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,028 ha | 41,367 ha | 100,670 ha | 5 |
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- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -1.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Northern Africa was 100,670 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 100,670 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,824 ha in 1962.
- How does Northern Africa rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.