Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 3,120 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 3,120 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 3,282 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 740 ha, in 1961.
Tunisia ranks 51st of 122 countries on this measure, 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 Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 740 ha | — |
| 1962 | 750 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 950 ha | +18.8% |
| 1966 | 1,050 ha | +10.5% |
| 1967 | 1,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 1,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 1,150 ha | +9.5% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 1,450 ha | +20.8% |
| 1974 | 1,650 ha | +13.8% |
| 1975 | 1,150 ha | -30.3% |
| 1976 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1983 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1984 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 1,600 ha | +33.3% |
| 1987 | 2,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1988 | 1,750 ha | -12.5% |
| 1989 | 1,850 ha | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 1,950 ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 1,650 ha | -17.5% |
| 1993 | 1,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 1,300 ha | -23.5% |
| 1995 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 950 ha | -26.9% |
| 1997 | 1,200 ha | +26.3% |
| 1998 | 1,150 ha | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 1,300 ha | +13.0% |
| 2000 | 1,350 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 1,300 ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 1,250 ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 1,350 ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 1,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 1,700 ha | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 1,850 ha | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 1,650 ha | -10.8% |
| 2009 | 1,850 ha | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 2,900 ha | +56.8% |
| 2011 | 2,830 ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 2,820 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 2,915 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 3,134 ha | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 3,282 ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 3,110 ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 3,071 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 3,041 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 3,033 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 3,046 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 3,104 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 3,096 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,108 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,120 ha | +0.4% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 3,120 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,051 ha, 1.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 3,120 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,606 ha, 1.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 921.11 ha | 740 ha | 1,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,195 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,420 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,450 ha | 950 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,520 ha | 1,250 ha | 1,850 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,014 ha | 2,820 ha | 3,282 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,095 ha | 3,046 ha | 3,120 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More agriculture & rural data for Tunisia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 18.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1029 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5867 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.293 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Tunisia was 3,120 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,282 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 740 ha in 1961.
- How does Tunisia rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 51st out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.