Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 20,653 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 20,653 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Mexico peaked at 24,197 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3,884 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Mexico 47th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 9,914 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 9,915 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 9,916 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,917 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 9,917 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,131 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 9,118 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 10,947 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1978 | 9,527 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1979 | 10,514 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 8,161 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1981 | 9,180 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 9,888 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 12,178 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1984 | 10,367 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1985 | 3,884 kg/ha | -62.5% |
| 1986 | 10,167 kg/ha | +161.8% |
| 1987 | 10,196 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 10,979 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 9,365 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1990 | 7,585 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1991 | 7,967 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 9,506 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1993 | 11,031 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1994 | 11,595 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 10,520 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1996 | 14,296 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1997 | 14,315 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 14,942 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 14,280 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 13,269 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 19,838 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 2002 | 12,853 kg/ha | -35.2% |
| 2003 | 14,685 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 15,632 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 14,670 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 14,124 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 13,837 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 15,855 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2009 | 18,388 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2010 | 16,274 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2011 | 16,838 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 16,617 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 16,517 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 17,017 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 17,249 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 18,438 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 19,410 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 20,328 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 24,197 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2020 | 22,059 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 20,887 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 20,748 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 21,088 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 20,653 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 20,653 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 20,653 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,088 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Mexico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +161.8% | 3,884 kg/ha | 10,167 kg/ha |
| 1985 | -62.5% | 10,367 kg/ha | 3,884 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +49.5% | 13,269 kg/ha | 19,838 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,962 kg/ha | 9,914 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,015 kg/ha | 9,118 kg/ha | 10,947 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,436 kg/ha | 3,884 kg/ha | 12,178 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,604 kg/ha | 7,585 kg/ha | 14,942 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,315 kg/ha | 12,853 kg/ha | 19,838 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,288 kg/ha | 16,274 kg/ha | 24,197 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,087 kg/ha | 20,653 kg/ha | 22,059 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Mexico?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Mexico was 20,653 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 24,197 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,884 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Mexico rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Mexico ranks 47th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.