Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 114,351 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Western Asia stood at 114,351 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.4% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 125,071 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 34,294 ha, in 1973.
That places Western Asia 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,528 ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,713 ha | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 40,658 ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 43,696 ha | +7.5% |
| 1965 | 44,533 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 37,149 ha | -16.6% |
| 1967 | 39,366 ha | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 37,087 ha | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 35,895 ha | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 36,849 ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 36,634 ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 34,948 ha | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 34,294 ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 42,408 ha | +23.7% |
| 1975 | 38,633 ha | -8.9% |
| 1976 | 43,139 ha | +11.7% |
| 1977 | 43,862 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 46,720 ha | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 51,675 ha | +10.6% |
| 1980 | 55,315 ha | +7.0% |
| 1981 | 51,912 ha | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 58,734 ha | +13.1% |
| 1983 | 58,038 ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 59,854 ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 63,579 ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 56,626 ha | -10.9% |
| 1987 | 55,293 ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 53,752 ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 49,674 ha | -7.6% |
| 1990 | 45,588 ha | -8.2% |
| 1991 | 46,886 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 50,619 ha | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 48,758 ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 55,204 ha | +13.2% |
| 1995 | 56,236 ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 55,129 ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 50,025 ha | -9.3% |
| 1998 | 50,940 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 45,987 ha | -9.7% |
| 2000 | 46,334 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 47,332 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 45,419 ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 46,672 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 65,648 ha | +40.7% |
| 2005 | 71,281 ha | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 71,757 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 77,729 ha | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 76,954 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 81,108 ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 88,573 ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 99,763 ha | +12.6% |
| 2012 | 98,249 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 99,687 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 97,554 ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 95,907 ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 96,967 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 101,731 ha | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 107,729 ha | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 106,222 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 115,412 ha | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 125,071 ha | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 114,093 ha | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 106,505 ha | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 114,351 ha | +7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,292 ha | 35,895 ha | 44,533 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 40,916 ha | 34,294 ha | 51,675 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,278 ha | 49,674 ha | 63,579 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,537 ha | 45,588 ha | 56,236 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,023 ha | 45,419 ha | 81,108 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 99,238 ha | 88,573 ha | 107,729 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 115,086 ha | 106,505 ha | 125,071 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Western Asia was 114,351 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 125,071 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,294 ha in 1973.
- How does Western Asia rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.