Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 908.1 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Middle Africa stood at 908.1 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.3% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Middle Africa peaked at 14,253 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 908.1 kg/ha, in 2024.
Middle Africa ranks 32nd of 33 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,688 kg/ha | 6,979 kg/ha | 9,699 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,402 kg/ha | 12,045 kg/ha | 14,253 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,010 kg/ha | 10,024 kg/ha | 11,752 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,392 kg/ha | 1,605 kg/ha | 4,461 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,607 kg/ha | 1,396 kg/ha | 1,754 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,107 kg/ha | 1,085 kg/ha | 1,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 988.68 kg/ha | 908.1 kg/ha | 1,040 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.75 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 8.08 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Middle Africa?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Middle Africa was 908.1 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 14,253 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 908.1 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Middle Africa rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 32nd out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.