Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production was 1.22 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Western Asia stood at 1.22 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Western Asia peaked at 1.31 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 466,980 t, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 466,980 t | — |
| 1962 | 488,796 t | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 506,360 t | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 539,004 t | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 562,432 t | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 474,282 t | -15.7% |
| 1967 | 518,950 t | +9.4% |
| 1968 | 490,820 t | -5.4% |
| 1969 | 485,255 t | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 488,865 t | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 511,328 t | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 499,772 t | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 473,351 t | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 572,658 t | +21.0% |
| 1975 | 543,789 t | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 585,080 t | +7.6% |
| 1977 | 610,542 t | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 649,982 t | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 651,544 t | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 700,386 t | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 699,429 t | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 757,531 t | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 774,963 t | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 729,903 t | -5.8% |
| 1985 | 791,951 t | +8.5% |
| 1986 | 728,264 t | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 760,503 t | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 753,556 t | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 697,749 t | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 694,413 t | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 682,343 t | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 716,879 t | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 685,329 t | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 775,977 t | +13.2% |
| 1995 | 845,779 t | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 885,491 t | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 837,059 t | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 806,664 t | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 767,184 t | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 749,973 t | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 807,845 t | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 800,999 t | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 830,477 t | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 921,265 t | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 962,095 t | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 927,688 t | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 949,003 t | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 959,669 t | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 1.01 million t | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 1.07 million t | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 1.12 million t | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 1.04 million t | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 1.05 million t | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 954,691 t | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 858,858 t | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 883,255 t | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 1.03 million t | +16.1% |
| 2018 | 1.03 million t | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.02 million t | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 1.19 million t | +16.8% |
| 2021 | 1.31 million t | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 1.22 million t | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 1.17 million t | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 1.22 million t | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 503,653 t | 466,980 t | 562,432 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 558,691 t | 473,351 t | 651,544 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 739,424 t | 697,749 t | 791,951 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 769,712 t | 682,343 t | 885,491 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 892,250 t | 749,973 t | 1.01 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.00 million t | 858,858 t | 1.12 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.22 million t | 1.17 million t | 1.31 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 24,502 t compare
- 11 Niger 517,704 t compare
- 12 Indonesia 514,702 t compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 24,332 t compare
- 13 Algeria 476,580 t compare
- 13 Polynesia 21,132 t compare
- 14 Poland 425,200 t compare
- 14 Melanesia 2,130 t compare
- 15 Malawi 421,380 t compare
- 15 Micronesia 0.31 t compare
- 16 France 379,910 t compare
- 17 Pakistan 378,125 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 0.8791 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Western Asia?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Western Asia was 1.22 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.31 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 466,980 t in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — production?
- Western Asia ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.