Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production was 295,149 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa is 295,149 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.5% on the previous year and down 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Southern Africa peaked at 446,900 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 78,293 t, in 2006.
Southern Africa ranks 24th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 110,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 120,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 130,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 140,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 145,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 140,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1968 | 150,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 160,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 170,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 170,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 175,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 190,000 t | +8.6% |
| 1974 | 186,000 t | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 188,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 204,000 t | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 224,485 t | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 215,352 t | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 221,638 t | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 220,000 t | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 230,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 235,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 233,000 t | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 240,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 250,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 255,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 262,428 t | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 250,777 t | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 265,162 t | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 260,941 t | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 279,137 t | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 285,621 t | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 300,171 t | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 297,927 t | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 291,824 t | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 313,193 t | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 331,372 t | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 327,247 t | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 336,552 t | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 282,000 t | -16.2% |
| 2001 | 292,600 t | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 294,000 t | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 357,055 t | +21.4% |
| 2004 | 256,014 t | -28.3% |
| 2005 | 253,907 t | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 78,293 t | -69.2% |
| 2007 | 81,200 t | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 166,110 t | +104.6% |
| 2009 | 158,335 t | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 234,000 t | +47.8% |
| 2011 | 237,000 t | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 244,000 t | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 247,000 t | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 423,074 t | +71.3% |
| 2015 | 446,900 t | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 255,032 t | -42.9% |
| 2017 | 259,965 t | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 266,746 t | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 270,600 t | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 269,477 t | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 276,449 t | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 277,852 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 277,027 t | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 295,149 t | +6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 132,778 t | 100,000 t | 160,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 194,448 t | 170,000 t | 224,485 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 244,137 t | 220,000 t | 265,162 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 302,398 t | 260,941 t | 336,552 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 221,951 t | 78,293 t | 357,055 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 288,432 t | 234,000 t | 446,900 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 279,191 t | 269,477 t | 295,149 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Southern Africa?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Southern Africa was 295,149 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 446,900 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 78,293 t in 2006.
- How does Southern Africa rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.