Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 14,348 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 14,348 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.1% on the previous year and down 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 24,172 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5,361 ha, in 1962.
That places Sri Lanka 26th 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,650 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,361 ha | -29.9% |
| 1963 | 9,448 ha | +76.2% |
| 1964 | 7,798 ha | -17.5% |
| 1965 | 7,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 6,803 ha | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 6,967 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 7,514 ha | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 8,694 ha | +15.7% |
| 1970 | 6,627 ha | -23.8% |
| 1971 | 6,132 ha | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 6,438 ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 7,172 ha | +11.4% |
| 1974 | 7,089 ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 11,937 ha | +68.4% |
| 1976 | 10,275 ha | -13.9% |
| 1977 | 9,403 ha | -8.5% |
| 1978 | 8,047 ha | -14.4% |
| 1979 | 8,030 ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 8,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 14,500 ha | +38.1% |
| 1985 | 13,500 ha | -6.9% |
| 1986 | 12,500 ha | -7.4% |
| 1987 | 12,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 15,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1989 | 11,000 ha | -26.7% |
| 1990 | 12,111 ha | +10.1% |
| 1991 | 10,500 ha | -13.3% |
| 1992 | 10,300 ha | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 10,200 ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 10,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 10,468 ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 9,800 ha | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 9,660 ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 9,500 ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 9,604 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 9,608 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 13,232 ha | +37.7% |
| 2002 | 14,199 ha | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 15,024 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 13,414 ha | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 15,862 ha | +18.2% |
| 2006 | 16,068 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 17,355 ha | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 21,141 ha | +21.8% |
| 2009 | 13,362 ha | -36.8% |
| 2010 | 22,118 ha | +65.5% |
| 2011 | 23,552 ha | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 22,944 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 24,172 ha | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 23,754 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 20,703 ha | -12.8% |
| 2016 | 19,341 ha | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 17,488 ha | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 22,035 ha | +26.0% |
| 2019 | 17,469 ha | -20.7% |
| 2020 | 20,620 ha | +18.0% |
| 2021 | 20,550 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 18,626 ha | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 19,420 ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 14,348 ha | -26.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,526 ha | 5,361 ha | 9,448 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,115 ha | 6,132 ha | 11,937 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,700 ha | 8,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,214 ha | 9,500 ha | 12,111 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,926 ha | 9,608 ha | 21,141 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,358 ha | 17,469 ha | 24,172 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,713 ha | 14,348 ha | 20,620 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 14,348 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 24,172 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,361 ha in 1962.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 26th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.