Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in New Zealand
New Zealand: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 19,285 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in New Zealand stood at 19,285 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in New Zealand peaked at 31,875 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 13,583 kg/ha, in 1975.
That places New Zealand 54th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,875 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,833 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1963 | 26,111 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1964 | 24,060 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1965 | 17,835 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1966 | 16,100 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1967 | 18,222 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1968 | 18,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 16,000 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1970 | 16,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 16,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 18,900 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1973 | 16,100 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1974 | 14,818 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1975 | 13,583 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1976 | 19,359 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1977 | 18,471 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1978 | 20,185 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1979 | 21,363 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 20,898 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 18,983 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1982 | 18,002 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 19,565 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 20,000 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 20,370 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 16,955 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1987 | 16,200 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 13,787 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1989 | 14,722 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 15,710 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 16,364 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 21,101 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1993 | 22,265 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 20,925 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 23,436 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 23,233 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 22,143 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 22,769 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 22,143 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 19,910 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2001 | 20,266 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 20,545 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 16,579 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2004 | 14,210 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 15,358 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 20,760 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 2007 | 20,928 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 19,886 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 20,400 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 20,254 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 18,233 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 17,793 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 17,693 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 20,616 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2015 | 19,818 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 19,649 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 20,279 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 20,388 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 20,134 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 19,752 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 19,213 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 19,280 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 19,282 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 19,285 kg/ha | +0.0% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 19,285 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 20,824 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 19,285 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,725 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,918 kg/ha | 16,000 kg/ha | 31,875 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,478 kg/ha | 13,583 kg/ha | 21,363 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,948 kg/ha | 13,787 kg/ha | 20,898 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,009 kg/ha | 15,710 kg/ha | 23,436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,884 kg/ha | 14,210 kg/ha | 20,928 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,486 kg/ha | 17,693 kg/ha | 20,616 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,363 kg/ha | 19,213 kg/ha | 19,752 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in New Zealand?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in New Zealand was 19,285 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 31,875 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,583 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does New Zealand rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 54th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.