Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production was 248,630 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 248,630 t for pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 293,219 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 59,300 t, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 27th of 122 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 59,300 t | — |
| 1962 | 63,300 t | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 68,800 t | +8.7% |
| 1964 | 63,000 t | -8.4% |
| 1965 | 67,300 t | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 75,600 t | +12.3% |
| 1967 | 82,400 t | +9.0% |
| 1968 | 83,182 t | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 76,563 t | -8.0% |
| 1970 | 83,254 t | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 99,518 t | +19.5% |
| 1972 | 95,246 t | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 80,261 t | -15.7% |
| 1974 | 86,616 t | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 79,314 t | -8.4% |
| 1976 | 88,458 t | +11.5% |
| 1977 | 81,333 t | -8.1% |
| 1978 | 84,920 t | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 78,395 t | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 96,783 t | +23.5% |
| 1981 | 94,826 t | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 117,472 t | +23.9% |
| 1983 | 124,066 t | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 129,858 t | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 126,852 t | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 127,790 t | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 135,360 t | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 142,545 t | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 147,973 t | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 158,507 t | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 168,659 t | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 188,464 t | +11.7% |
| 1993 | 233,800 t | +24.1% |
| 1994 | 276,500 t | +18.3% |
| 1995 | 273,331 t | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 280,319 t | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 255,528 t | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 251,570 t | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 262,471 t | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 278,577 t | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 270,909 t | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 254,779 t | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 219,226 t | -14.0% |
| 2004 | 202,644 t | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 213,949 t | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 264,906 t | +23.8% |
| 2007 | 287,505 t | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 289,418 t | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 263,729 t | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 250,064 t | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 239,865 t | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 247,593 t | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 246,802 t | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 272,495 t | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 264,548 t | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 254,482 t | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 242,504 t | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 229,707 t | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 223,583 t | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 230,589 t | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 293,219 t | +27.2% |
| 2022 | 244,291 t | -16.7% |
| 2023 | 247,973 t | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 248,630 t | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71,049 t | 59,300 t | 83,182 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 85,732 t | 78,395 t | 99,518 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 124,352 t | 94,826 t | 147,973 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 234,915 t | 158,507 t | 280,319 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 254,564 t | 202,644 t | 289,418 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 247,164 t | 223,583 t | 272,495 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 252,940 t | 230,589 t | 293,219 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 24 Rwanda 269,329 t compare
- 25 Argentina 260,419 t compare
- 26 Peru 256,282 t compare
- 28 Côte d'Ivoire 19,498 t compare
- 28 Philippines 245,103 t compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 1,514 t compare
- 29 Cameroon 183,924 t compare
- 30 Kazakhstan 166,172 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia and New Zealand
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 8.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -0.9752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 8.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 0.0721 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 37.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 33.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.8937 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Australia and New Zealand?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Australia and New Zealand was 248,630 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 293,219 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,300 t in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — production?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 27th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production. 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.