Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 24,243 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1987–2024
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 Western Africa is 24,243 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 167.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 24,243 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 55 ha, in 1987.
Western Africa ranks 24th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 55 ha | — |
| 1988 | 70 ha | +27.3% |
| 1989 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,930 ha | +2657.1% |
| 1991 | 7,635 ha | +295.6% |
| 1992 | 7,660 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 7,687 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 7,690 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 8,976 ha | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 9,354 ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 9,512 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 9,778 ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 9,924 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 11,100 ha | +11.9% |
| 2001 | 11,844 ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 12,371 ha | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 11,621 ha | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 12,999 ha | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 11,231 ha | -13.6% |
| 2006 | 11,850 ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 12,108 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 13,118 ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 10,606 ha | -19.1% |
| 2010 | 9,877 ha | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 9,444 ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 8,361 ha | -11.5% |
| 2013 | 9,565 ha | +14.4% |
| 2014 | 9,073 ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 9,797 ha | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 10,608 ha | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 11,398 ha | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 12,030 ha | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 15,122 ha | +25.7% |
| 2020 | 17,188 ha | +13.7% |
| 2021 | 12,831 ha | -25.3% |
| 2022 | 20,735 ha | +61.6% |
| 2023 | 23,636 ha | +14.0% |
| 2024 | 24,243 ha | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 65 ha | 55 ha | 70 ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 8,015 ha | 1,930 ha | 9,924 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,885 ha | 10,606 ha | 13,118 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,528 ha | 8,361 ha | 15,122 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,727 ha | 12,831 ha | 24,243 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Western Africa was 24,243 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 24,243 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 55 ha in 1987.
- How does Western Africa rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 167.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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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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.