Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 13,607 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 13,607 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.1% on the previous year and up 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 13,607 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,434 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Bangladesh 78th 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 Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,551 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,731 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 5,434 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 5,718 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 6,289 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 6,510 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 6,759 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 7,768 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1969 | 8,101 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 8,174 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 8,102 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 7,772 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 7,305 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 7,142 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 7,256 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 7,182 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 6,876 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 7,048 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 7,022 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 6,989 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 7,038 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 7,221 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 7,182 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 7,168 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 6,977 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 6,926 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 6,946 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 7,138 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 6,995 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 7,110 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 7,244 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 7,379 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 7,463 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 7,478 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 7,614 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 7,755 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 7,741 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 7,696 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 7,453 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 7,527 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 7,486 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 7,060 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 7,310 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 7,446 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 7,588 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 8,192 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 8,254 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 8,535 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 8,887 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 8,981 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 9,044 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 8,750 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 8,569 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 9,792 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2015 | 9,786 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 10,193 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 10,360 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 10,607 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 10,876 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 10,962 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 11,481 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 12,228 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 12,586 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 13,607 kg/ha | +8.1% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 13,607 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,646 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,429 kg/ha | 5,434 kg/ha | 8,101 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,388 kg/ha | 6,876 kg/ha | 8,174 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,058 kg/ha | 6,926 kg/ha | 7,221 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,493 kg/ha | 7,110 kg/ha | 7,755 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,828 kg/ha | 7,060 kg/ha | 8,887 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,696 kg/ha | 8,569 kg/ha | 10,876 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,173 kg/ha | 10,962 kg/ha | 13,607 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 75 Puerto Rico 14,495 kg/ha compare
- 76 Pakistan 14,066 kg/ha compare
- 77 Switzerland 13,849 kg/ha compare
- 79 Philippines 12,725 kg/ha compare
- 80 Croatia 12,643 kg/ha compare
- 81 Panama 12,310 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bangladesh
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1142 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 296.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6676 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 11.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Bangladesh?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Bangladesh was 13,607 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 13,607 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,434 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Bangladesh rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 78th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.