Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Mauritius
Mauritius: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 14,970 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 14,970 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and up 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Mauritius peaked at 20,006 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 9,283 kg/ha, in 1981.
Mauritius ranks 71st of 120 countries on this measure, 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 Mauritius, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,125 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1963 | 18,667 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 14,194 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1965 | 12,898 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 16,699 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1967 | 20,006 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1968 | 19,328 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 17,793 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1970 | 17,493 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 15,557 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1972 | 18,608 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1973 | 18,800 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 17,940 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1975 | 17,154 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 16,364 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 18,182 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 17,713 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 17,988 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 14,509 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1981 | 9,283 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 1982 | 10,702 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1983 | 11,744 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1984 | 12,085 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 14,907 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1986 | 11,850 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1987 | 11,178 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 10,079 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1989 | 10,698 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 9,966 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 11,680 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1992 | 11,364 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 11,486 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 11,812 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 13,314 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1996 | 13,135 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 13,679 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 11,129 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1999 | 12,182 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 12,842 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 14,522 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2002 | 13,543 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 11,627 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2004 | 11,885 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 10,223 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2006 | 11,960 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2007 | 11,426 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 11,558 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 12,728 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 11,980 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 12,421 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 12,163 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 11,757 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 11,535 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 10,494 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2016 | 11,084 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 12,138 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2018 | 10,292 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2019 | 11,789 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2020 | 11,627 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 12,279 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 12,516 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 15,272 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2024 | 14,970 kg/ha | -2.0% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 14,970 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 14,970 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,968 kg/ha | 12,898 kg/ha | 20,006 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,580 kg/ha | 15,557 kg/ha | 18,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,703 kg/ha | 9,283 kg/ha | 14,907 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,975 kg/ha | 9,966 kg/ha | 13,679 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,231 kg/ha | 10,223 kg/ha | 14,522 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,565 kg/ha | 10,292 kg/ha | 12,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,333 kg/ha | 11,627 kg/ha | 15,272 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Mauritius?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Mauritius was 14,970 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 20,006 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,283 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Mauritius rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Mauritius ranks 71st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.