Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 17,740 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Spain stood at 17,740 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 76.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Spain peaked at 17,740 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1972.
That places Spain 18th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,600 ha | -8.2% |
| 1963 | 5,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 5,200 ha | -8.8% |
| 1965 | 5,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 5,033 ha | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 4,712 ha | -6.4% |
| 1968 | 4,554 ha | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 4,394 ha | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 3,230 ha | -26.5% |
| 1971 | 3,100 ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | -35.5% |
| 1973 | 3,900 ha | +95.0% |
| 1974 | 4,200 ha | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 4,400 ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 4,700 ha | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 5,200 ha | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,250 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 5,400 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 5,600 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 5,900 ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 5,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,890 ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 5,830 ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 6,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 7,081 ha | +18.0% |
| 1988 | 7,200 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 7,566 ha | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 7,832 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 7,499 ha | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 7,421 ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 6,739 ha | -9.2% |
| 1994 | 6,900 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 6,629 ha | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 8,684 ha | +31.0% |
| 1997 | 8,390 ha | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 8,740 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 9,384 ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 9,202 ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 6,949 ha | -24.5% |
| 2002 | 7,696 ha | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 7,768 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 7,700 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 7,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 7,400 ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 8,500 ha | +14.9% |
| 2008 | 8,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 7,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 7,618 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 7,929 ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 10,784 ha | +36.0% |
| 2013 | 11,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 10,052 ha | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 11,894 ha | +18.3% |
| 2016 | 14,247 ha | +19.8% |
| 2017 | 14,957 ha | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 15,160 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 14,950 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 15,550 ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 16,590 ha | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 15,660 ha | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 16,620 ha | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 17,740 ha | +6.7% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 17,740 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 806 ha, 22.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Spain's 17,740 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 951 ha, 18.7× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Spain changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +95.0% | 2,000 ha | 3,900 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,155 ha | 4,394 ha | 6,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,118 ha | 2,000 ha | 5,250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,237 ha | 5,400 ha | 7,566 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,822 ha | 6,629 ha | 9,384 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,772 ha | 6,949 ha | 9,202 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,859 ha | 7,618 ha | 15,160 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,432 ha | 15,550 ha | 17,740 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 15 Italy 21,090 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 0 ha
- 16 Philippines 19,262 ha compare
- 16 Caribbean 52,702 ha compare
- 17 Malawi 19,156 ha compare
- 19 Argentina 17,408 ha compare
- 20 Niger 16,975 ha compare
- 21 Dominican Republic 16,108 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Spain?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Spain was 17,740 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 17,740 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1972.
- How does Spain rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 18th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.