Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Latvia
Latvia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 6,800 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Latvia, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 6,800 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 16.8% on the previous year and down 46.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Latvia peaked at 18,103 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4,920 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Latvia 106th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Latvia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 16,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1998 | 9,500 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 1999 | 16,000 kg/ha | +68.4% |
| 2000 | 4,920 kg/ha | -69.2% |
| 2001 | 11,250 kg/ha | +128.7% |
| 2002 | 15,333 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 2003 | 15,137 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 12,542 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2005 | 13,118 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 12,377 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 12,642 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 16,865 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 2009 | 17,383 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 18,103 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 16,346 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 13,815 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2013 | 14,008 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 12,696 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 10,040 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 2016 | 8,650 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2017 | 5,344 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 2018 | 9,500 kg/ha | +77.8% |
| 2019 | 10,417 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 13,667 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 2021 | 9,333 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 2022 | 6,807 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 2023 | 8,170 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2024 | 6,800 kg/ha | -16.8% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 6,800 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 20,824 kg/ha, 33% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 6,800 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22,843 kg/ha, 30% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14,056 kg/ha | 9,500 kg/ha | 16,667 kg/ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 13,157 kg/ha | 4,920 kg/ha | 17,383 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,892 kg/ha | 5,344 kg/ha | 18,103 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,955 kg/ha | 6,800 kg/ha | 13,667 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 103 Lithuania 7,916 kg/ha compare
- 104 Yemen 7,330 kg/ha compare
- 105 South Africa 7,270 kg/ha compare
- 107 Dominican Republic 6,715 kg/ha compare
- 108 Fiji 6,655 kg/ha compare
- 109 El Salvador 6,249 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Latvia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,055 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3137 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Latvia?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Latvia was 6,800 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 Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 18,103 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,920 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Latvia rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Latvia ranks 106th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia 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.