Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 829 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Switzerland, 2003–2024
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 Switzerland is 829 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 55.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 829 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 284 ha, in 2004.
That places Switzerland 79th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 315 ha | — |
| 2004 | 284 ha | -9.8% |
| 2005 | 320 ha | +12.7% |
| 2006 | 335 ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 331 ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 390 ha | +17.8% |
| 2009 | 390 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 439 ha | +12.6% |
| 2011 | 412 ha | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 524 ha | +27.2% |
| 2013 | 510 ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 535 ha | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 571 ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 641 ha | +12.3% |
| 2017 | 696 ha | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 710 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 693 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 713 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 740 ha | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 781 ha | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 793 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 829 ha | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 337.86 ha | 284 ha | 390 ha | 7 |
| 2010s | 573.1 ha | 412 ha | 710 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 771.2 ha | 713 ha | 829 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 76 Romania 880 ha compare
- 77 Azerbaijan 854 ha compare
- 78 Oman 851 ha compare
- 80 United Arab Emirates 783 ha compare
- 81 Puerto Rico 776 ha compare
- 82 Senegal 729 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 739.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8806 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1427 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6446 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6446 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Switzerland was 829 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 829 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 284 ha in 2004.
- How does Switzerland rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 79th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.