Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 4,610 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 4,610 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.7% on the previous year and up 437.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 5,950 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 44th 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1978 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 180 ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 220 ha | +22.2% |
| 1988 | 190 ha | -13.6% |
| 1989 | 180 ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 220 ha | +22.2% |
| 1991 | 200 ha | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 180 ha | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 193 ha | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 185 ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 600 ha | +224.3% |
| 1996 | 655 ha | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 618 ha | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 596 ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 577 ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 574 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 572 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 629 ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 642 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 652 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 667 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 685 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 700 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 710 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 730 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 757 ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 767 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 750 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 822 ha | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 858 ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 1,292 ha | +50.6% |
| 2016 | 1,514 ha | +17.2% |
| 2017 | 1,231 ha | -18.7% |
| 2018 | 3,320 ha | +169.7% |
| 2019 | 3,080 ha | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 5,860 ha | +90.3% |
| 2021 | 5,950 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 4,590 ha | -22.9% |
| 2023 | 4,280 ha | -6.8% |
| 2024 | 4,610 ha | +7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100 ha | 100 ha | 100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 115 ha | 100 ha | 150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 167 ha | 150 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 402.4 ha | 180 ha | 655 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 656.1 ha | 572 ha | 730 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,439 ha | 750 ha | 3,320 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,058 ha | 4,280 ha | 5,950 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 41 Thailand 5,448 ha compare
- 42 Malaysia 4,891 ha compare
- 43 New Zealand 4,791 ha compare
- 45 South Sudan 4,326 ha compare
- 46 Sudan (former) 4,310 ha compare
- 47 Mali 4,258 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Portugal?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Portugal was 4,610 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 5,950 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 44th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 437.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.