Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Algeria
Algeria: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 29,818 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Algeria, 1969–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Algeria stood at 29,818 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Algeria peaked at 29,818 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,500 kg/ha, in 1970.
That places Algeria 15th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Algeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 2,857 kg/ha | — |
| 1970 | 2,500 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1971 | 3,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1972 | 3,636 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1973 | 4,167 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1974 | 5,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1975 | 5,714 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 6,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 6,250 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 6,389 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 6,579 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 6,725 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 6,096 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1982 | 6,869 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1983 | 6,646 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 6,257 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 6,857 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1986 | 8,468 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1987 | 7,897 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 7,501 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 9,575 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1990 | 9,226 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1991 | 10,015 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 11,619 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1993 | 11,350 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 11,506 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 11,635 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 10,778 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 11,384 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 10,770 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 10,947 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 11,058 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 10,929 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 12,391 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 13,987 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2004 | 16,739 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2005 | 17,881 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 13,813 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2007 | 14,079 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 13,784 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 15,892 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2010 | 17,060 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 17,414 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 16,169 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 19,859 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2014 | 22,505 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 20,775 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 21,950 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 23,528 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 28,747 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2019 | 29,223 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 27,981 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 26,449 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 26,225 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 29,009 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2024 | 29,818 kg/ha | +2.8% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 29,818 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 29,818 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,361 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,857 kg/ha | 2,857 kg/ha | 2,857 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1970s | 4,924 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 6,579 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,289 kg/ha | 6,096 kg/ha | 9,575 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,923 kg/ha | 9,226 kg/ha | 11,635 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,055 kg/ha | 10,929 kg/ha | 17,881 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,723 kg/ha | 16,169 kg/ha | 29,223 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,896 kg/ha | 26,225 kg/ha | 29,818 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 12 Greece 30,213 kg/ha compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,744 kg/ha compare
- 13 Kuwait 29,876 kg/ha compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 6,198 kg/ha compare
- 14 France 29,820 kg/ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 5,579 kg/ha compare
- 16 Jordan 27,772 kg/ha compare
- 17 Tunisia 27,755 kg/ha compare
- 18 Italy 27,643 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Algeria?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Algeria was 29,818 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 Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 29,818 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Algeria rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Algeria ranks 15th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria 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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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.