Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 4,040 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Northern Europe stood at 4,040 ha. That is the highest value across all 58 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.9% on the previous year and up 648.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Northern Europe peaked at 4,040 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1982.
Northern Europe ranks 27th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 11 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 11 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 16 ha | +45.5% |
| 1966 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 18 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 11 ha | -38.9% |
| 1969 | 19 ha | +72.7% |
| 1970 | 25 ha | +31.6% |
| 1971 | 16 ha | -36.0% |
| 1972 | 23 ha | +43.8% |
| 1973 | 22 ha | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 14 ha | -36.4% |
| 1975 | 17 ha | +21.4% |
| 1976 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 21 ha | +23.5% |
| 1978 | 14 ha | -33.3% |
| 1979 | 15 ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 21 ha | +40.0% |
| 1981 | 19 ha | -9.5% |
| 1982 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 0 ha | — |
| 1987 | 0 ha | — |
| 1994 | 38 ha | — |
| 1995 | 46 ha | +21.1% |
| 1996 | 44 ha | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 72 ha | +63.6% |
| 1998 | 243 ha | +237.5% |
| 1999 | 147 ha | -39.5% |
| 2000 | 139 ha | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 440 ha | +216.5% |
| 2002 | 338 ha | -23.2% |
| 2003 | 569 ha | +68.3% |
| 2004 | 482 ha | -15.3% |
| 2005 | 508 ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 576 ha | +13.4% |
| 2007 | 546 ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 233 ha | -57.3% |
| 2009 | 301 ha | +29.2% |
| 2010 | 436 ha | +44.9% |
| 2011 | 518 ha | +18.8% |
| 2012 | 461 ha | -11.0% |
| 2013 | 556 ha | +20.6% |
| 2014 | 540 ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 768 ha | +42.2% |
| 2016 | 957 ha | +24.6% |
| 2017 | 884 ha | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 940 ha | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 1,100 ha | +17.0% |
| 2020 | 1,710 ha | +55.5% |
| 2021 | 2,020 ha | +18.1% |
| 2022 | 2,990 ha | +48.0% |
| 2023 | 3,110 ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 4,040 ha | +29.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.78 ha | 11 ha | 19 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18.4 ha | 14 ha | 25 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5 ha | 0 ha | 21 ha | 8 |
| 1990s | 98.33 ha | 38 ha | 243 ha | 6 |
| 2000s | 413.2 ha | 139 ha | 576 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 716 ha | 436 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,774 ha | 1,710 ha | 4,040 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Northern Europe?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Northern Europe was 4,040 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,040 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1982.
- How does Northern Europe rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Northern Europe ranks 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 648.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.