Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Qatar
Qatar: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 651 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Qatar, 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 Qatar is 651 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Qatar peaked at 651 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Qatar 83rd out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Qatar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 123 ha | — |
| 1978 | 125 ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 214 ha | +71.2% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | -53.3% |
| 1981 | 136 ha | +36.0% |
| 1982 | 119 ha | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 91 ha | -23.5% |
| 1984 | 152 ha | +67.0% |
| 1985 | 163 ha | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 183 ha | +12.3% |
| 1987 | 176 ha | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 252 ha | +43.2% |
| 1989 | 314 ha | +24.6% |
| 1990 | 298 ha | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 387 ha | +29.9% |
| 1992 | 418 ha | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 373 ha | -10.8% |
| 1994 | 446 ha | +19.6% |
| 1995 | 477 ha | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 438 ha | -8.2% |
| 1997 | 527 ha | +20.3% |
| 1998 | 500 ha | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 445 ha | -11.0% |
| 2000 | 480 ha | +7.9% |
| 2001 | 330 ha | -31.2% |
| 2002 | 231 ha | -30.0% |
| 2003 | 93 ha | -59.7% |
| 2004 | 75 ha | -19.4% |
| 2005 | 66 ha | -12.0% |
| 2006 | 133 ha | +101.5% |
| 2007 | 194 ha | +45.9% |
| 2008 | 100 ha | -48.5% |
| 2009 | 18 ha | -82.0% |
| 2010 | 512 ha | +2744.4% |
| 2011 | 454 ha | -11.3% |
| 2012 | 419 ha | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 388 ha | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 482 ha | +24.2% |
| 2015 | 56 ha | -88.4% |
| 2016 | 51 ha | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 164 ha | +221.6% |
| 2018 | 434 ha | +164.6% |
| 2019 | 582 ha | +34.1% |
| 2020 | 637 ha | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 522 ha | -18.1% |
| 2022 | 516 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 634 ha | +22.9% |
| 2024 | 651 ha | +2.7% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 651 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 806 ha, 81% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 651 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,606 ha, 41% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Qatar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +2744.4% | 18 ha | 512 ha |
| 2017 | +221.6% | 51 ha | 164 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 46.2 ha | 0 ha | 214 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 168.6 ha | 91 ha | 314 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 430.9 ha | 298 ha | 527 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 172 ha | 18 ha | 480 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 354.2 ha | 51 ha | 582 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 592 ha | 516 ha | 651 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
- 80 United Arab Emirates 783 ha compare
- 81 Puerto Rico 776 ha compare
- 82 Senegal 729 ha compare
- 84 Mozambique 622 ha compare
- 85 Bhutan 522 ha compare
- 86 Denmark 520 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Qatar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0031 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 221.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- 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 0.0064 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Qatar?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Qatar was 651 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 Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 651 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Qatar rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Qatar ranks 83rd out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Qatar 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.