Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in France
France: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 29,820 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in France, 1961–2024
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 France is 29,820 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in France peaked at 45,410 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 17,558 kg/ha, in 1982.
France ranks 14th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,410 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,143 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1963 | 38,672 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 30,435 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1965 | 29,147 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1966 | 29,318 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 28,156 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 27,627 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 28,496 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 28,252 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 27,871 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 26,113 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 25,302 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 24,560 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 24,652 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 23,173 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1977 | 22,893 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 23,077 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 24,455 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 24,429 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 25,536 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 17,558 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1983 | 26,438 kg/ha | +50.6% |
| 1984 | 29,406 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1985 | 31,424 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 34,886 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1987 | 33,243 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 31,210 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 30,903 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 30,762 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 37,640 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1992 | 41,912 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 42,609 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 41,780 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 38,205 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1996 | 33,460 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 34,359 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 36,555 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 38,145 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 38,001 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 37,533 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 38,013 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 34,785 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 27,164 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2005 | 26,656 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 28,020 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 24,321 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2008 | 25,398 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 29,306 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 27,459 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 32,329 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2012 | 28,294 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 25,436 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2014 | 25,854 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 24,706 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 22,762 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2017 | 22,988 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 28,665 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 2019 | 31,367 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2020 | 31,736 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 30,738 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 27,742 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2023 | 28,501 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 29,820 kg/ha | +4.6% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 29,820 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 20,824 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- France's 29,820 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22,843 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in France 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +50.6% | 17,558 kg/ha | 26,438 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,601 kg/ha | 27,627 kg/ha | 45,410 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,035 kg/ha | 22,893 kg/ha | 28,252 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,503 kg/ha | 17,558 kg/ha | 34,886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,543 kg/ha | 30,762 kg/ha | 42,609 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,920 kg/ha | 24,321 kg/ha | 38,013 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,986 kg/ha | 22,762 kg/ha | 32,329 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,707 kg/ha | 27,742 kg/ha | 31,736 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,655 kg/ha compare
- 11 Niger 30,498 kg/ha compare
- 12 Greece 30,213 kg/ha compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,744 kg/ha compare
- 13 Kuwait 29,876 kg/ha compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 6,198 kg/ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 5,579 kg/ha compare
- 15 Algeria 29,818 kg/ha compare
- 16 Jordan 27,772 kg/ha compare
- 17 Tunisia 27,755 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in France?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in France was 29,820 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 45,410 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,558 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does France rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- France ranks 14th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this France 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.