Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 10,142 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 10,142 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Colombia peaked at 17,986 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 9,730 kg/ha, in 2001.
Colombia ranks 93rd of 120 countries 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 Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,560 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,595 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 14,574 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 14,526 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 14,583 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 14,564 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 14,694 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 14,822 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 15,025 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 15,075 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 15,100 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 15,074 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 15,271 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 15,337 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 15,366 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 12,405 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1977 | 12,490 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 11,896 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 11,952 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 11,923 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 11,887 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 11,852 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 12,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 11,786 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 11,786 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 11,786 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 11,786 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 11,333 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 11,430 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 11,510 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 11,587 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 11,658 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 11,719 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 12,111 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 12,017 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 11,904 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 11,364 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 10,143 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 9,730 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 10,735 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 17,986 kg/ha | +67.5% |
| 2004 | 16,500 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2005 | 16,658 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 16,389 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 16,438 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 14,328 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2009 | 12,376 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2010 | 11,425 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 13,313 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2012 | 13,383 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 13,682 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 13,524 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 13,259 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 12,996 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 12,870 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 11,252 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 10,646 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 11,578 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 11,296 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 10,772 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 10,478 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 10,142 kg/ha | -3.2% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 10,142 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 10,142 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,088 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Colombia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +67.5% | 10,735 kg/ha | 17,986 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,661 kg/ha | 14,526 kg/ha | 15,025 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,997 kg/ha | 11,896 kg/ha | 15,366 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,880 kg/ha | 11,786 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,663 kg/ha | 11,333 kg/ha | 12,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,128 kg/ha | 9,730 kg/ha | 17,986 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,635 kg/ha | 10,646 kg/ha | 13,682 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,853 kg/ha | 10,142 kg/ha | 11,578 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Colombia?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Colombia was 10,142 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 17,986 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,730 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Colombia rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Colombia ranks 93rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia 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.