Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 14,749 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 2019–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Zimbabwe stood at 14,749 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 22.4% over ten years.
That places Zimbabwe 25th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12,048 ha | — |
| 2020 | 16,246 ha | +34.8% |
| 2021 | 14,150 ha | -12.9% |
| 2022 | 15,200 ha | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 14,670 ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 14,749 ha | +0.5% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 14,749 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,051 ha, 7.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 14,749 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,749 ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12,048 ha | 12,048 ha | 12,048 ha | 1 |
| 2020s | 15,003 ha | 14,150 ha | 16,246 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 14,749 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 16,246 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,048 ha in 2019.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 25th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.