Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Europe
Europe: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 25,250 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Europe stood at 25,250 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Europe peaked at 25,885 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,392 kg/ha, in 1965.
Europe ranks 5th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,537 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,820 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1963 | 1,555 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1964 | 1,454 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 1,392 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 2,225 kg/ha | +59.8% |
| 1967 | 2,340 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 3,361 kg/ha | +43.6% |
| 1969 | 3,738 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1970 | 4,015 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 4,444 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1972 | 4,547 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 4,808 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 5,143 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 5,908 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1976 | 5,504 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1977 | 6,068 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1978 | 6,008 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 6,948 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1980 | 6,560 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 7,010 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 7,394 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 7,366 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 9,761 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 1985 | 9,516 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 10,552 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 11,266 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 11,203 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 13,416 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1990 | 15,174 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1991 | 17,764 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1992 | 20,606 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1993 | 19,446 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 19,222 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 20,330 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 20,438 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 24,069 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1998 | 21,933 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1999 | 19,311 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2000 | 20,330 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 21,940 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 19,603 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 20,090 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 21,125 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 23,111 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 23,008 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 22,378 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 22,688 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 23,640 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 22,502 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 24,405 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 24,337 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 23,217 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 23,120 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 22,707 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 23,117 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 24,086 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 24,979 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 25,014 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 24,849 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 25,156 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 25,762 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 25,885 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 25,250 kg/ha | -2.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +59.8% | 1,392 kg/ha | 2,225 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,269 kg/ha | 1,392 kg/ha | 3,738 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,339 kg/ha | 4,015 kg/ha | 6,948 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,404 kg/ha | 6,560 kg/ha | 13,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,829 kg/ha | 15,174 kg/ha | 24,069 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,791 kg/ha | 19,603 kg/ha | 23,640 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,749 kg/ha | 22,502 kg/ha | 25,014 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,380 kg/ha | 24,849 kg/ha | 25,885 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 2 Bahrain 89,091 kg/ha compare
- 3 Indonesia 62,060 kg/ha compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 13,249 kg/ha compare
- 4 China, Hong Kong SAR 51,150 kg/ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,688 kg/ha compare
- 5 Spain 43,448 kg/ha compare
- 6 Poland 40,495 kg/ha compare
- 6 Micronesia 9,769 kg/ha compare
- 7 Belgium 39,640 kg/ha compare
- 7 Polynesia 9,397 kg/ha compare
- 8 Albania 34,147 kg/ha compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 9,213 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Europe?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Europe was 25,250 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 25,885 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,392 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Europe rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Europe ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe 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.