Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Niger
Niger: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 30,498 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Niger, 1995–2024
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 Niger is 30,498 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and up 45.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Niger peaked at 33,477 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4,000 kg/ha, in 1995.
Niger ranks 11th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Niger, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 4,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1996 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,112 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 11,126 kg/ha | +170.6% |
| 2009 | 11,810 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 19,246 kg/ha | +63.0% |
| 2011 | 18,214 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 19,126 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 22,816 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2014 | 20,911 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 33,477 kg/ha | +60.1% |
| 2016 | 29,468 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2017 | 33,221 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2018 | 28,551 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2019 | 30,193 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 31,340 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 32,314 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 31,847 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 31,612 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 30,498 kg/ha | -3.5% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 30,498 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 14,584 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Niger's 30,498 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Niger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +170.6% | 4,112 kg/ha | 11,126 kg/ha |
| 2010 | +63.0% | 11,810 kg/ha | 19,246 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +60.1% | 20,911 kg/ha | 33,477 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,000 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 5 |
| 2000s | 5,505 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 11,810 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,522 kg/ha | 18,214 kg/ha | 33,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,522 kg/ha | 30,498 kg/ha | 32,314 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 8 Albania 34,147 kg/ha compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 9,213 kg/ha compare
- 9 Austria 33,582 kg/ha compare
- 10 Republic of Korea 31,322 kg/ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 8,120 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,655 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
- 14 Melanesia 5,579 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Niger?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Niger was 30,498 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 33,477 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Niger rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Niger ranks 11th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niger 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.