Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 880 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Romania, 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 Romania is 880 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 78.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Romania peaked at 1.06 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 880 ha, in 2024.
That places Romania 76th 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.03 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 839,200 ha | -18.2% |
| 1963 | 1.06 million ha | +26.9% |
| 1964 | 1.04 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 794,000 ha | -23.6% |
| 1966 | 659,600 ha | -16.9% |
| 1967 | 508,500 ha | -22.9% |
| 1968 | 324,600 ha | -36.2% |
| 1969 | 284,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 205,500 ha | -27.6% |
| 1971 | 209,100 ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 201,100 ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 168,800 ha | -16.1% |
| 1974 | 171,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 166,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 172,600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 146,800 ha | -14.9% |
| 1978 | 132,100 ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 127,200 ha | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 136,200 ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 129,700 ha | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 131,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 129,700 ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 103,500 ha | -20.2% |
| 1985 | 95,700 ha | -7.5% |
| 1986 | 80,000 ha | -16.4% |
| 1987 | 76,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 80,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 40,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1991 | 35,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 19,578 ha | -44.1% |
| 1993 | 47,901 ha | +144.7% |
| 1994 | 32,967 ha | -31.2% |
| 1995 | 36,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 40,311 ha | +12.0% |
| 1997 | 25,300 ha | -37.2% |
| 1998 | 30,299 ha | +19.8% |
| 1999 | 32,649 ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 21,000 ha | -35.7% |
| 2001 | 19,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 2002 | 30,879 ha | +62.5% |
| 2003 | 25,000 ha | -19.0% |
| 2004 | 14,666 ha | -41.3% |
| 2005 | 2,852 ha | -80.6% |
| 2006 | 6,638 ha | +132.7% |
| 2007 | 5,603 ha | -15.6% |
| 2008 | 5,278 ha | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 5,462 ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 5,251 ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 6,569 ha | +25.1% |
| 2012 | 5,370 ha | -18.3% |
| 2013 | 3,934 ha | -26.7% |
| 2014 | 4,139 ha | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 3,238 ha | -21.8% |
| 2016 | 2,030 ha | -37.3% |
| 2017 | 1,906 ha | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 1,370 ha | -28.1% |
| 2019 | 1,350 ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 1,380 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 1,010 ha | -26.8% |
| 2022 | 990 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 920 ha | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 880 ha | -4.3% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 880 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 806 ha, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Romania's 880 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 951 ha, 93% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +144.7% | 19,578 ha | 47,901 ha |
| 2006 | +132.7% | 2,852 ha | 6,638 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 726,644 ha | 284,000 ha | 1.06 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 170,130 ha | 127,200 ha | 209,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 104,200 ha | 76,000 ha | 136,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,000 ha | 19,578 ha | 47,901 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,638 ha | 2,852 ha | 30,879 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,516 ha | 1,350 ha | 6,569 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,036 ha | 880 ha | 1,380 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Romania?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Romania was 880 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 880 ha in 2024.
- How does Romania rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 76th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania 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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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.