Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 24,459 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Western Europe, 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 Europe stood at 24,459 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 150.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 24,459 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 526 ha, in 1991.
That places Western Europe 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,767 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,490 ha | -7.4% |
| 1963 | 3,297 ha | -5.5% |
| 1964 | 3,446 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 3,589 ha | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 3,446 ha | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 3,368 ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 3,245 ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 3,477 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 3,300 ha | -5.1% |
| 1971 | 3,100 ha | -6.1% |
| 1972 | 2,516 ha | -18.8% |
| 1973 | 2,727 ha | +8.4% |
| 1974 | 2,726 ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,749 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 2,711 ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 2,855 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 2,873 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 3,275 ha | +14.0% |
| 1980 | 2,840 ha | -13.3% |
| 1981 | 2,800 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 4,300 ha | +53.6% |
| 1983 | 3,200 ha | -25.6% |
| 1984 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 3,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 3,799 ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,005 ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 526 ha | -86.9% |
| 1992 | 718 ha | +36.5% |
| 1993 | 741 ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 794 ha | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 1,122 ha | +41.3% |
| 1996 | 1,234 ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 1,380 ha | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 1,553 ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 1,851 ha | +19.2% |
| 2000 | 3,030 ha | +63.7% |
| 2001 | 3,411 ha | +12.6% |
| 2002 | 3,456 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 4,042 ha | +17.0% |
| 2004 | 4,207 ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 5,516 ha | +31.1% |
| 2006 | 5,512 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 6,193 ha | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 6,774 ha | +9.4% |
| 2009 | 7,029 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 8,924 ha | +27.0% |
| 2011 | 9,441 ha | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 9,583 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 9,226 ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 9,761 ha | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 10,242 ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 11,352 ha | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 12,174 ha | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 16,660 ha | +36.8% |
| 2019 | 17,523 ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 23,093 ha | +31.8% |
| 2021 | 23,990 ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 24,081 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 24,013 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 24,459 ha | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,458 ha | 3,245 ha | 3,767 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,883 ha | 2,516 ha | 3,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,444 ha | 2,800 ha | 4,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,392 ha | 526 ha | 4,005 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,917 ha | 3,030 ha | 7,029 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,489 ha | 8,924 ha | 17,523 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,927 ha | 23,093 ha | 24,459 ha | 5 |
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- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Western Europe was 24,459 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 24,459 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 526 ha in 1991.
- How does Western Europe rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 150.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.