Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Africa
Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 8,343 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Africa stood at 8,343 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Africa peaked at 15,135 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 5,901 kg/ha, in 2016.
Africa ranks 26th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,621 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,836 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 14,110 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 13,993 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 14,348 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 14,674 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 14,342 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 14,745 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 14,930 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 14,704 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 14,913 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 14,687 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 14,130 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 14,356 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 14,361 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 14,736 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 15,135 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 14,697 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 15,072 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 14,798 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 14,427 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 14,205 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 14,032 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 14,148 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 13,816 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 14,298 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 14,258 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 13,981 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 13,812 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 12,278 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 11,222 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1992 | 10,290 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1993 | 9,718 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 9,237 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 8,780 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 8,600 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 8,655 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 7,782 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1999 | 7,504 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 7,688 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 7,615 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 7,594 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 7,469 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 7,437 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 7,595 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 7,132 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 7,150 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 7,233 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 7,057 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 6,203 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 6,142 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 6,006 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 6,126 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 6,145 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 6,261 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 5,901 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 7,121 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2018 | 7,135 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 7,215 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 7,099 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 6,965 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 7,814 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2023 | 8,643 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2024 | 8,343 kg/ha | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,289 kg/ha | 13,621 kg/ha | 14,930 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,679 kg/ha | 14,130 kg/ha | 15,135 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,177 kg/ha | 13,812 kg/ha | 14,798 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,407 kg/ha | 7,504 kg/ha | 12,278 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,397 kg/ha | 7,057 kg/ha | 7,688 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,426 kg/ha | 5,901 kg/ha | 7,215 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,773 kg/ha | 6,965 kg/ha | 8,643 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Africa?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Africa was 8,343 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 15,135 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,901 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Africa rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield. 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.