Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Peru
Peru: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production was 256,282 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Peru is 256,282 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 11.7% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Peru peaked at 256,282 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49,527 t, in 1968.
Peru ranks 27th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,961 t | 49,527 t | 61,365 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 66,832 t | 60,461 t | 85,464 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 85,301 t | 60,366 t | 110,696 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 87,576 t | 63,877 t | 108,583 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 115,971 t | 83,166 t | 190,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 220,390 t | 179,439 t | 253,075 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 225,344 t | 191,050 t | 256,282 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 24 Zimbabwe 269,968 t compare
- 25 Rwanda 269,329 t compare
- 26 Argentina 260,419 t compare
- 28 Australia and New Zealand 248,630 t compare
- 29 Philippines 245,103 t compare
- 30 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 188,928 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture share gdp 7.47 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 7.47 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 14.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 4.98 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.80 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 2.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Peru?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Peru was 256,282 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — production recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 256,282 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — production recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,527 t in 1968.
- How does Peru rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — production?
- Peru ranks 27th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — production rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Peru 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.