Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Italy
Italy: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 27,643 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 27,643 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Italy peaked at 31,723 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 19,042 kg/ha, in 1965.
Italy ranks 18th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,658 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,591 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 19,498 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 19,162 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 19,042 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 19,661 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 20,575 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 21,252 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 23,127 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 23,389 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 24,223 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 23,714 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 24,357 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 25,002 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 24,714 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 24,345 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 23,819 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 24,273 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 24,266 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 25,174 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 24,777 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 25,113 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 25,905 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 25,673 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 25,589 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 26,293 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 26,940 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 25,424 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 25,636 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 25,562 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 26,937 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 24,379 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 24,701 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 24,790 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 26,389 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 29,835 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1997 | 29,710 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 29,207 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 25,641 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 28,234 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 28,137 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 25,837 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 28,234 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 29,457 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 29,162 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 29,913 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 31,246 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 31,297 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 30,904 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 29,411 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 30,078 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 30,985 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 31,056 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 31,309 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 31,514 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 31,558 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 31,723 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 30,004 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 29,828 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 29,798 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 30,158 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 29,341 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 29,616 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 27,643 kg/ha | -6.7% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 27,643 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 20,824 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Italy's 27,643 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22,843 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,174 kg/ha | 19,042 kg/ha | 23,127 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,210 kg/ha | 23,389 kg/ha | 25,002 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,652 kg/ha | 24,777 kg/ha | 26,940 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,715 kg/ha | 24,379 kg/ha | 29,835 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,242 kg/ha | 25,837 kg/ha | 31,297 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,747 kg/ha | 29,411 kg/ha | 31,723 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,311 kg/ha | 27,643 kg/ha | 30,158 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Italy?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Italy was 27,643 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 31,723 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,042 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Italy rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Italy ranks 18th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.