Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production was 687,971 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Western Europe, 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 Western Europe is 687,971 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 162.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Western Europe peaked at 687,971 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 23,034 t, in 1991.
Western Europe ranks 21st of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 171,060 t | — |
| 1962 | 126,140 t | -26.3% |
| 1963 | 127,500 t | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 104,880 t | -17.7% |
| 1965 | 104,610 t | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 101,030 t | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 94,830 t | -6.1% |
| 1968 | 89,650 t | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 99,080 t | +10.5% |
| 1970 | 93,230 t | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 86,400 t | -7.3% |
| 1972 | 65,700 t | -24.0% |
| 1973 | 69,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 66,950 t | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 67,768 t | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 62,821 t | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 65,360 t | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 66,300 t | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 80,090 t | +20.8% |
| 1980 | 69,379 t | -13.4% |
| 1981 | 71,500 t | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 75,500 t | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 84,600 t | +12.1% |
| 1984 | 94,100 t | +11.2% |
| 1985 | 103,700 t | +10.2% |
| 1986 | 122,100 t | +17.7% |
| 1987 | 123,050 t | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 118,850 t | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 118,400 t | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 127,125 t | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 23,034 t | -81.9% |
| 1992 | 33,202 t | +44.1% |
| 1993 | 34,912 t | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 36,896 t | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 48,899 t | +32.5% |
| 1996 | 44,861 t | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 52,911 t | +17.9% |
| 1998 | 61,360 t | +16.0% |
| 1999 | 76,521 t | +24.7% |
| 2000 | 127,700 t | +66.9% |
| 2001 | 142,565 t | +11.6% |
| 2002 | 146,860 t | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 156,880 t | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 148,118 t | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 192,981 t | +30.3% |
| 2006 | 190,393 t | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 200,523 t | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 206,208 t | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 230,833 t | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 268,549 t | +16.3% |
| 2011 | 306,993 t | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 290,856 t | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 243,594 t | -16.2% |
| 2014 | 262,236 t | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 268,679 t | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 287,950 t | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 310,931 t | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 456,495 t | +46.8% |
| 2019 | 513,651 t | +12.5% |
| 2020 | 667,456 t | +29.9% |
| 2021 | 668,365 t | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 634,637 t | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 648,262 t | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 687,971 t | +6.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Western Europe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -81.9% | 127,125 t | 23,034 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113,198 t | 89,650 t | 171,060 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 72,362 t | 62,821 t | 93,230 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 98,118 t | 69,379 t | 123,050 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,972 t | 23,034 t | 127,125 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 174,306 t | 127,700 t | 230,833 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 320,993 t | 243,594 t | 513,651 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 661,338 t | 634,637 t | 687,971 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -0.4719 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Western Europe?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Western Europe was 687,971 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 687,971 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,034 t in 1991.
- How does Western Europe rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — production?
- Western Europe ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 162.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.