Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Australia
Australia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 21,009 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Australia is 21,009 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Australia peaked at 21,829 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7,708 kg/ha, in 1970.
That places Australia 43rd out of 120 countries 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 — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,174 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 9,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 9,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,500 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1967 | 8,462 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 7,975 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 9,151 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1970 | 7,708 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1971 | 8,973 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1972 | 9,173 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 8,234 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1974 | 8,213 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 8,024 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 8,100 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 8,144 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 8,878 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 7,984 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1980 | 9,183 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1981 | 8,256 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1982 | 9,523 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1983 | 9,156 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 10,182 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1985 | 10,240 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 10,211 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 10,157 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 11,110 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1989 | 11,813 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 11,537 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 13,099 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1992 | 13,082 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 12,969 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 12,985 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 12,730 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 13,063 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 12,119 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 12,026 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 10,300 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2000 | 10,655 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 12,606 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2002 | 14,235 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2003 | 14,160 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 16,039 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 16,810 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 15,866 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 17,176 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 17,897 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 17,974 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 17,003 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 14,734 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2012 | 16,864 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2013 | 17,590 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 18,938 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 18,780 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 18,562 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 21,007 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2018 | 20,479 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 21,829 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 19,573 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2021 | 19,316 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 20,769 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 20,820 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 21,009 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 21,009 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 20,824 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Australia's 21,009 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,725 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,884 kg/ha | 7,975 kg/ha | 9,174 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,343 kg/ha | 7,708 kg/ha | 9,173 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,983 kg/ha | 8,256 kg/ha | 11,813 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,391 kg/ha | 10,300 kg/ha | 13,099 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,342 kg/ha | 10,655 kg/ha | 17,974 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,579 kg/ha | 14,734 kg/ha | 21,829 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,298 kg/ha | 19,316 kg/ha | 21,009 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Australia?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Australia was 21,009 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 Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 21,829 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,708 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Australia rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Australia ranks 43rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.