Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 2,168 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Uruguay, 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 Uruguay is 2,168 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 8,600 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 1,842 ha, in 2013.
Uruguay ranks 57th of 122 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,120 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,600 ha | +20.8% |
| 1963 | 8,100 ha | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | -13.6% |
| 1965 | 6,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 5,122 ha | -21.2% |
| 1967 | 6,000 ha | +17.1% |
| 1968 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 7,351 ha | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 7,100 ha | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 6,900 ha | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 6,700 ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 6,400 ha | -4.5% |
| 1975 | 5,700 ha | -10.9% |
| 1976 | 5,500 ha | -3.5% |
| 1977 | 5,300 ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 5,100 ha | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 4,900 ha | -3.9% |
| 1980 | 4,400 ha | -10.2% |
| 1981 | 4,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 3,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 1983 | 3,600 ha | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 3,400 ha | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,900 ha | -14.7% |
| 1987 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,700 ha | -6.9% |
| 1989 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,585 ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 3,100 ha | +19.9% |
| 1992 | 3,300 ha | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 3,330 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 3,371 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 3,378 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 3,254 ha | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 3,246 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 2,872 ha | -11.5% |
| 1999 | 2,968 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 3,061 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 3,500 ha | +14.3% |
| 2002 | 3,654 ha | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 3,480 ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 3,397 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 3,575 ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 3,440 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 2,489 ha | -27.6% |
| 2008 | 2,273 ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 2,198 ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 2,268 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 2,399 ha | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 2,288 ha | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 1,842 ha | -19.5% |
| 2014 | 2,638 ha | +43.2% |
| 2015 | 2,084 ha | -21.0% |
| 2016 | 2,188 ha | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 2,303 ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 2,179 ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 2,224 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 2,120 ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 2,174 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 2,173 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,156 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 2,168 ha | +0.6% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 2,168 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 806 ha, 2.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 2,168 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,109 ha, 2.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Uruguay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +43.2% | 1,842 ha | 2,638 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,882 ha | 5,122 ha | 8,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,095 ha | 4,900 ha | 7,351 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,380 ha | 2,700 ha | 4,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,140 ha | 2,585 ha | 3,378 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,107 ha | 2,198 ha | 3,654 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,241 ha | 1,842 ha | 2,638 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,158 ha | 2,120 ha | 2,174 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uruguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0638 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,609 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0435 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Uruguay was 2,168 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 8,600 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,842 ha in 2013.
- How does Uruguay rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 57th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.