Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in South America
South America: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 64,073 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in South America stood at 64,073 ha.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in South America peaked at 78,681 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 43,362 ha, in 1968.
That places South America 15th out of 29 groups 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 South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 44,761 ha | — |
| 1962 | 51,161 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 46,640 ha | -8.8% |
| 1964 | 44,103 ha | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 44,080 ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 43,488 ha | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 48,580 ha | +11.7% |
| 1968 | 43,362 ha | -10.7% |
| 1969 | 46,018 ha | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 49,121 ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 47,860 ha | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 45,370 ha | -5.2% |
| 1973 | 47,595 ha | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 50,931 ha | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 53,447 ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 49,923 ha | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 43,430 ha | -13.0% |
| 1978 | 48,860 ha | +12.5% |
| 1979 | 51,261 ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 63,493 ha | +23.9% |
| 1981 | 56,694 ha | -10.7% |
| 1982 | 62,545 ha | +10.3% |
| 1983 | 60,375 ha | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 61,712 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 58,141 ha | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 55,749 ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 65,099 ha | +16.8% |
| 1988 | 65,639 ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 64,582 ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 74,632 ha | +15.6% |
| 1991 | 78,094 ha | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 74,071 ha | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 69,167 ha | -6.6% |
| 1994 | 78,681 ha | +13.8% |
| 1995 | 63,393 ha | -19.4% |
| 1996 | 66,855 ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 60,335 ha | -9.8% |
| 1998 | 61,748 ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 58,665 ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 58,983 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 54,096 ha | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 53,883 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 50,457 ha | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 46,631 ha | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 44,984 ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 45,950 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 46,848 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 46,897 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 49,793 ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 52,841 ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 51,736 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 52,318 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 52,663 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 54,169 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 56,310 ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 57,198 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 56,842 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 56,586 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 60,168 ha | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 62,533 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 60,201 ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 61,986 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 63,211 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 64,073 ha | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,799 ha | 43,362 ha | 51,161 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,780 ha | 43,430 ha | 53,447 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 61,403 ha | 55,749 ha | 65,639 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 68,564 ha | 58,665 ha | 78,681 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,852 ha | 44,984 ha | 58,983 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,083 ha | 51,736 ha | 60,168 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,401 ha | 60,201 ha | 64,073 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in South America?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in South America was 64,073 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 78,681 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,362 ha in 1968.
- How does South America rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- South America ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.