Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Canada
Canada: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 17,417 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Canada, 1993–2024
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 Canada is 17,417 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Canada peaked at 32,192 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 10,890 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Canada 61st out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 11,380 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 32,192 kg/ha | +182.9% |
| 1995 | 32,125 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 22,724 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1997 | 23,935 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 12,793 kg/ha | -46.6% |
| 1999 | 13,964 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 11,311 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2001 | 10,890 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 12,320 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2003 | 13,228 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 12,877 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 14,637 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2006 | 16,021 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 12,822 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 14,908 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2009 | 16,976 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 14,862 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2011 | 16,435 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 17,683 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 14,917 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2014 | 19,003 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 2015 | 19,230 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 19,235 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 20,305 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 21,530 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 21,838 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 22,608 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 18,136 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2022 | 17,633 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 17,943 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 17,417 kg/ha | -2.9% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 17,417 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 20,824 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Canada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +182.9% | 11,380 kg/ha | 32,192 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21,302 kg/ha | 11,380 kg/ha | 32,192 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 13,599 kg/ha | 10,890 kg/ha | 16,976 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,504 kg/ha | 14,862 kg/ha | 21,838 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,747 kg/ha | 17,417 kg/ha | 22,608 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 58 Martinique 18,571 kg/ha
- 59 China, mainland 18,570 kg/ha compare
- 60 Zimbabwe 18,304 kg/ha compare
- 62 Grenada 17,220 kg/ha compare
- 63 Sudan (former) 16,965 kg/ha compare
- 64 India 16,646 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Canada?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Canada was 17,417 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 32,192 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,890 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Canada rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Canada ranks 61st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Canada 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.