Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 691,413 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 691,413 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 10.2% on the previous year and up 104.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 691,413 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 160,754 ha, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 2nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160,754 ha | — |
| 1962 | 166,852 ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 180,605 ha | +8.2% |
| 1964 | 187,125 ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 190,552 ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 200,750 ha | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 212,467 ha | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 218,856 ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 227,131 ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 229,088 ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 237,117 ha | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 246,329 ha | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 253,273 ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 258,079 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 269,120 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 273,213 ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 277,381 ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 283,598 ha | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 288,628 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 301,976 ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 311,211 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 325,823 ha | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 339,980 ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 349,691 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 362,156 ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 372,410 ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 398,739 ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 350,991 ha | -12.0% |
| 1989 | 373,744 ha | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 407,528 ha | +9.0% |
| 1991 | 366,471 ha | -10.1% |
| 1992 | 341,689 ha | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 334,778 ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 330,108 ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 328,263 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 324,753 ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 323,129 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 324,361 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 328,607 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 307,881 ha | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 300,738 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 301,090 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 289,764 ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 285,654 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 290,532 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 288,032 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 285,963 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 290,642 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 270,186 ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 263,769 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 254,825 ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 317,899 ha | +24.8% |
| 2013 | 338,855 ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 338,590 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 380,756 ha | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 460,547 ha | +21.0% |
| 2017 | 469,209 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 485,153 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 565,275 ha | +16.5% |
| 2020 | 597,556 ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 609,220 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 633,326 ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 627,554 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 691,413 ha | +10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 193,899 ha | 160,754 ha | 227,131 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 261,583 ha | 229,088 ha | 288,628 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 348,672 ha | 301,976 ha | 398,739 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 340,969 ha | 323,129 ha | 407,528 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 291,048 ha | 270,186 ha | 307,881 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 387,488 ha | 254,825 ha | 565,275 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 631,814 ha | 597,556 ha | 691,413 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Southern Asia was 691,413 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 691,413 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 160,754 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 104.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.