Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 46,731 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe is 46,731 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 8.1% on the previous year and up 52.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 46,731 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20,229 ha, in 1972.
That places Southern Europe 18th 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 Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,153 ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,060 ha | -11.4% |
| 1963 | 26,212 ha | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 25,671 ha | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 24,812 ha | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 25,325 ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 24,313 ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 23,529 ha | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 22,241 ha | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 21,312 ha | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 21,602 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 20,229 ha | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 22,171 ha | +9.6% |
| 1974 | 22,097 ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 22,757 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 23,088 ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 23,311 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 23,429 ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 23,861 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 23,624 ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 24,189 ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 24,446 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 24,430 ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 24,047 ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 23,623 ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 24,163 ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 25,001 ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 25,158 ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 25,473 ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 26,524 ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 26,044 ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 26,347 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 21,783 ha | -17.3% |
| 1994 | 21,606 ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 21,604 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 23,940 ha | +10.8% |
| 1997 | 25,602 ha | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 26,360 ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 25,128 ha | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 25,264 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 23,735 ha | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 25,467 ha | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 26,029 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 25,904 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 25,122 ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 25,732 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 26,788 ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 25,832 ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 25,427 ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 26,902 ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 27,607 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 30,534 ha | +10.6% |
| 2013 | 31,072 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 30,717 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 33,200 ha | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 35,191 ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 35,643 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 41,172 ha | +15.5% |
| 2019 | 40,855 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 45,484 ha | +11.3% |
| 2021 | 46,314 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 42,806 ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 43,237 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 46,731 ha | +8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,813 ha | 22,241 ha | 27,153 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,386 ha | 20,229 ha | 23,861 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,415 ha | 23,623 ha | 25,473 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,494 ha | 21,604 ha | 26,524 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,530 ha | 23,735 ha | 26,788 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,289 ha | 26,902 ha | 41,172 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,914 ha | 42,806 ha | 46,731 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Southern Europe was 46,731 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 46,731 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,229 ha in 1972.
- How does Southern Europe rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.