Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 11,441 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 11,441 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 87.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 11,729 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5,080 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Eastern Africa 21st out of 33 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,045 kg/ha | 5,960 kg/ha | 6,126 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,017 kg/ha | 5,892 kg/ha | 6,295 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,025 kg/ha | 5,897 kg/ha | 6,205 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,830 kg/ha | 5,095 kg/ha | 6,292 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,162 kg/ha | 5,080 kg/ha | 5,243 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,250 kg/ha | 5,264 kg/ha | 10,926 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,424 kg/ha | 11,203 kg/ha | 11,729 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 18 Italy 27,643 kg/ha compare
- 19 Palestine 27,589 kg/ha compare
- 20 Georgia 27,135 kg/ha compare
- 21 United Arab Emirates 26,888 kg/ha compare
- 22 Azerbaijan 26,644 kg/ha compare
- 23 Saudi Arabia 26,641 kg/ha compare
- 24 Peru 26,348 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 205,889 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 1.01 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 29.04 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Eastern Africa was 11,441 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 11,729 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,080 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 21st out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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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About this data
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.