Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Melanesia
Melanesia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 5,579 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Melanesia, 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 Melanesia is 5,579 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Melanesia peaked at 12,429 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 565.2 kg/ha, in 1977.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,261 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,489 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 3,900 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1964 | 3,316 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1965 | 2,027 kg/ha | -38.9% |
| 1966 | 2,282 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1967 | 5,263 kg/ha | +130.6% |
| 1968 | 5,421 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 4,667 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1970 | 5,375 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1971 | 5,389 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 4,210 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1973 | 3,042 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1974 | 1,429 kg/ha | -53.0% |
| 1975 | 2,000 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 1976 | 1,800 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 565.2 kg/ha | -68.6% |
| 1978 | 6,454 kg/ha | +1042.0% |
| 1979 | 1,614 kg/ha | -75.0% |
| 1980 | 1,207 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1981 | 1,870 kg/ha | +54.9% |
| 1982 | 3,538 kg/ha | +89.3% |
| 1983 | 2,400 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 1984 | 2,611 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1985 | 3,786 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 1986 | 2,500 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 1987 | 4,546 kg/ha | +81.8% |
| 1988 | 2,333 kg/ha | -48.7% |
| 1989 | 12,429 kg/ha | +432.7% |
| 1990 | 5,827 kg/ha | -53.1% |
| 1991 | 5,257 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1992 | 3,954 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1993 | 5,598 kg/ha | +41.6% |
| 1994 | 5,799 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 6,204 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 5,726 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 5,865 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 5,892 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 5,802 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 5,844 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 5,898 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 5,879 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 5,654 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 5,652 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,893 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 6,503 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 5,913 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 5,927 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 5,812 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 5,736 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 5,642 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 5,083 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 5,659 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 5,626 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 5,605 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 5,629 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 5,574 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 5,606 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 5,580 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 5,547 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 5,589 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 5,576 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 5,571 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,579 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Melanesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +1042.0% | 565.2 kg/ha | 6,454 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +432.7% | 2,333 kg/ha | 12,429 kg/ha |
| 1967 | +130.6% | 2,282 kg/ha | 5,263 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +89.3% | 1,870 kg/ha | 3,538 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +81.8% | 2,500 kg/ha | 4,546 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,958 kg/ha | 2,027 kg/ha | 5,421 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,188 kg/ha | 565.2 kg/ha | 6,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,722 kg/ha | 1,207 kg/ha | 12,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,592 kg/ha | 3,954 kg/ha | 6,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,897 kg/ha | 5,652 kg/ha | 6,503 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,574 kg/ha | 5,083 kg/ha | 5,736 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,572 kg/ha | 5,547 kg/ha | 5,589 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,655 kg/ha compare
- 11 Niger 30,498 kg/ha compare
- 12 Greece 30,213 kg/ha compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,744 kg/ha compare
- 13 Kuwait 29,876 kg/ha compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 6,198 kg/ha compare
- 14 France 29,820 kg/ha compare
- 15 Algeria 29,818 kg/ha compare
- 16 Jordan 27,772 kg/ha compare
- 17 Tunisia 27,755 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Melanesia?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Melanesia was 5,579 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 12,429 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 565.2 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Melanesia rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 14th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia 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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About this data
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.