Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in India
India: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 16,646 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in India, 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 India is 16,646 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in India peaked at 16,646 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,520 kg/ha, in 1961.
India ranks 64th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,520 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,541 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 6,714 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 6,701 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 6,667 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 7,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 6,941 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 6,971 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 6,944 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 7,268 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 7,263 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 7,200 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 7,195 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 7,381 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 7,442 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 7,511 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 7,759 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 7,950 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 8,400 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 8,385 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 8,491 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 8,889 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 9,173 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 9,293 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 9,388 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 9,655 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 9,500 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 9,346 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 9,523 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 10,166 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 10,446 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 10,650 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 10,822 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 10,984 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 11,142 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 11,300 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 11,458 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 11,616 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 11,774 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 12,069 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 12,364 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 12,659 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 12,955 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 13,252 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 13,549 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 13,846 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 14,144 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 14,443 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 15,176 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 16,207 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 15,976 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 14,935 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 16,195 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 16,080 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 16,166 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 16,576 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 16,122 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 15,913 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 15,845 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 15,537 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 16,221 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 16,646 kg/ha | +2.6% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 16,646 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,646 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,778 kg/ha | 6,520 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,447 kg/ha | 7,195 kg/ha | 7,950 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,917 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 9,655 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,584 kg/ha | 9,346 kg/ha | 11,458 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,823 kg/ha | 11,616 kg/ha | 14,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,788 kg/ha | 14,443 kg/ha | 16,576 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,032 kg/ha | 15,537 kg/ha | 16,646 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in India?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in India was 16,646 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 16,646 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,520 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- India ranks 64th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.