Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 9,727 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Peru recorded 9,727 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Peru peaked at 9,808 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3,800 ha, in 1961.
That places Peru 33rd out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,855 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 4,285 ha | +11.2% |
| 1968 | 4,090 ha | -4.6% |
| 1969 | 5,190 ha | +26.9% |
| 1970 | 6,280 ha | +21.0% |
| 1971 | 5,850 ha | -6.8% |
| 1972 | 5,110 ha | -12.6% |
| 1973 | 4,765 ha | -6.8% |
| 1974 | 4,685 ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 4,847 ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 4,953 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 4,960 ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 4,850 ha | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 5,186 ha | +6.9% |
| 1980 | 4,713 ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 5,389 ha | +14.3% |
| 1982 | 5,270 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 5,975 ha | +13.4% |
| 1984 | 6,514 ha | +9.0% |
| 1985 | 5,771 ha | -11.4% |
| 1986 | 5,949 ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 6,869 ha | +15.5% |
| 1988 | 5,934 ha | -13.6% |
| 1989 | 5,654 ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 5,581 ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 4,785 ha | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 4,249 ha | -11.2% |
| 1993 | 5,238 ha | +23.3% |
| 1994 | 5,430 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 5,053 ha | -6.9% |
| 1996 | 4,744 ha | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 5,956 ha | +25.5% |
| 1998 | 5,911 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 4,612 ha | -22.0% |
| 2000 | 5,184 ha | +12.4% |
| 2001 | 4,900 ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 4,488 ha | -8.4% |
| 2003 | 5,150 ha | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 4,649 ha | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 4,200 ha | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 5,854 ha | +39.4% |
| 2007 | 5,832 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 7,051 ha | +20.9% |
| 2009 | 8,240 ha | +16.9% |
| 2010 | 7,911 ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 8,074 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 8,528 ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 9,165 ha | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 9,126 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 9,808 ha | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 9,015 ha | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 8,006 ha | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 8,852 ha | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 8,957 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 7,988 ha | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 8,693 ha | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 9,265 ha | +6.6% |
| 2023 | 9,126 ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 9,727 ha | +6.6% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 9,727 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,722 ha, 2.6× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Peru's 9,727 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,109 ha, 8.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,047 ha | 3,800 ha | 5,190 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,149 ha | 4,685 ha | 6,280 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,804 ha | 4,713 ha | 6,869 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,156 ha | 4,249 ha | 5,956 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,555 ha | 4,200 ha | 8,240 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,744 ha | 7,911 ha | 9,808 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,960 ha | 7,988 ha | 9,727 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Peru?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Peru was 9,727 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 9,808 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Peru rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 33rd out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.