Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 3,182 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 3,182 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 8,400 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 696 ha, in 1972.
That places Saudi Arabia 49th 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 Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1969 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 3,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 1,451 ha | -51.6% |
| 1972 | 696 ha | -52.0% |
| 1973 | 898 ha | +29.0% |
| 1974 | 3,797 ha | +322.8% |
| 1975 | 919 ha | -75.8% |
| 1976 | 2,666 ha | +190.1% |
| 1977 | 5,183 ha | +94.4% |
| 1978 | 3,853 ha | -25.7% |
| 1979 | 5,068 ha | +31.5% |
| 1980 | 3,940 ha | -22.3% |
| 1981 | 2,239 ha | -43.2% |
| 1982 | 3,859 ha | +72.4% |
| 1983 | 3,135 ha | -18.8% |
| 1984 | 3,651 ha | +16.5% |
| 1985 | 4,105 ha | +12.4% |
| 1986 | 4,063 ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 5,089 ha | +25.3% |
| 1988 | 5,126 ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 5,089 ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 5,999 ha | +17.9% |
| 1991 | 6,088 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 6,364 ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 6,852 ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 7,240 ha | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 8,101 ha | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 8,220 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 8,179 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 7,850 ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 6,048 ha | -23.0% |
| 2000 | 6,150 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 8,400 ha | +36.6% |
| 2002 | 7,910 ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 7,589 ha | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 7,298 ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 8,038 ha | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 6,210 ha | -22.7% |
| 2007 | 6,691 ha | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 6,670 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 6,359 ha | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 6,064 ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 6,451 ha | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 6,278 ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 6,001 ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 3,280 ha | -45.3% |
| 2015 | 2,939 ha | -10.4% |
| 2016 | 2,634 ha | -10.4% |
| 2017 | 2,362 ha | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 2,848 ha | +20.6% |
| 2019 | 2,663 ha | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 2,508 ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 2,552 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 2,588 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 3,094 ha | +19.6% |
| 2024 | 3,182 ha | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,211 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,753 ha | 696 ha | 5,183 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,030 ha | 2,239 ha | 5,126 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,094 ha | 5,999 ha | 8,220 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,132 ha | 6,150 ha | 8,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,152 ha | 2,362 ha | 6,451 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,785 ha | 2,508 ha | 3,182 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 3,182 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,400 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 696 ha in 1972.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 49th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.