Pumpkins, squash and gourds β Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Pumpkins, squash and gourds β Area harvested was 51,880 ha in 2024. β Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds β Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 51,880 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds β area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds β area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 51,880 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,000 ha, in 1961.
Rwanda ranks 11th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,444 ha | 7,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,543 ha | 8,300 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,545 ha | 11,300 ha | 13,350 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,137 ha | 12,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,859 ha | 41,000 ha | 44,673 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,310 ha | 45,205 ha | 51,342 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 51,817 ha | 51,716 ha | 51,880 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 8 Russian Federation 53,946 ha compare
- 10 Ukraine 51,900 ha compare
- 12 Cuba 31,952 ha compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28,014 ha compare
- 14 Mexico 27,531 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture share gdp 20.3 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 20.3 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
- Rural population 69.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 10.07 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas β Production 2.44 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds β area harvested in Rwanda?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds β area harvested in Rwanda was 51,880 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds β area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 51,880 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds β area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Rwanda rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds β area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 11th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds β area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds β 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.