Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Japan
Japan: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 11,506 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Japan stood at 11,506 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Japan peaked at 18,000 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 10,480 kg/ha, in 2018.
That places Japan 85th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,401 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,846 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1963 | 15,699 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 15,122 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 15,421 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 15,342 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 16,889 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1968 | 17,668 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 16,931 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 16,658 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 16,563 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 16,832 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 16,987 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 17,047 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 17,444 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 16,676 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 18,000 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1978 | 17,698 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 16,451 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1980 | 15,556 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 15,146 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 15,592 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 14,601 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 16,038 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 15,623 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 16,052 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 15,638 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 15,166 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 15,363 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 15,481 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 14,802 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 15,109 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 14,104 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1994 | 15,137 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 15,112 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 14,650 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 14,529 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 14,322 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 13,979 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 14,089 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 14,219 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 13,719 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 13,893 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 13,423 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 13,852 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 13,041 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 13,256 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 13,489 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 11,764 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2010 | 12,250 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 11,687 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 12,758 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 12,759 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12,346 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 12,571 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 11,581 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2017 | 12,740 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 10,480 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2019 | 12,131 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2020 | 12,608 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 12,021 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 12,614 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 11,587 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2024 | 11,506 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 11,506 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 20,824 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Japan's 11,506 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,725 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,147 kg/ha | 15,122 kg/ha | 17,668 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,036 kg/ha | 16,451 kg/ha | 18,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,477 kg/ha | 14,601 kg/ha | 16,052 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,723 kg/ha | 13,979 kg/ha | 15,481 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,474 kg/ha | 11,764 kg/ha | 14,219 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,130 kg/ha | 10,480 kg/ha | 12,759 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,067 kg/ha | 11,506 kg/ha | 12,614 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Japan?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Japan was 11,506 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 18,000 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,480 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Japan rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Japan ranks 85th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan 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.