Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 26,254 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 26,254 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 16.5% on the previous year and up 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Portugal peaked at 31,458 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15,000 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Portugal 25th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1972 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 18,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 18,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 18,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 18,667 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 18,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 17,333 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1984 | 20,000 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1985 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 22,222 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 20,454 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1988 | 20,000 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 21,111 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 20,454 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 21,500 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 21,111 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 20,700 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 20,548 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 20,000 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 20,295 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 20,212 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 20,129 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 20,048 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 19,986 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 19,910 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 19,828 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 19,752 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 19,669 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 19,580 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 19,490 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 19,286 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 19,296 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 19,315 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 19,076 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 18,930 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 18,667 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 18,642 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 18,644 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 18,573 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 18,492 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 18,412 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 28,012 kg/ha | +52.1% |
| 2019 | 26,867 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 26,454 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 27,358 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 23,911 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2023 | 31,458 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2024 | 26,254 kg/ha | -16.5% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 26,254 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 20,824 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 26,254 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22,843 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +52.1% | 18,412 kg/ha | 28,012 kg/ha |
| 1971 | +33.3% | 15,000 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha |
| 2023 | +31.6% | 23,911 kg/ha | 31,458 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,000 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,100 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,645 kg/ha | 17,333 kg/ha | 22,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,500 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 21,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,611 kg/ha | 19,286 kg/ha | 19,986 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,431 kg/ha | 18,412 kg/ha | 28,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,087 kg/ha | 23,911 kg/ha | 31,458 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Portugal?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Portugal was 26,254 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 31,458 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Portugal ranks 25th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.