Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 14,495 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 14,495 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 8.5% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 16,746 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 5,006 kg/ha, in 1987.
That places Puerto Rico 75th 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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,074 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,245 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 11,367 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 10,547 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1965 | 10,561 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 6,968 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 1967 | 6,925 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 10,186 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 1969 | 10,287 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 10,456 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 10,456 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,391 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 10,408 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 10,243 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 5,771 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 1976 | 5,051 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1977 | 5,368 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 5,361 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 5,308 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 5,066 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 5,067 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,048 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 5,046 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,157 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 5,061 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 5,013 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 5,006 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 5,035 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 5,301 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 5,302 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 5,302 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 5,305 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 5,330 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 5,306 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 5,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5,200 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 6,117 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1998 | 6,197 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 6,192 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 6,192 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6,208 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 6,199 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 14,204 kg/ha | +129.1% |
| 2004 | 14,192 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 14,197 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 13,721 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 13,677 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 13,572 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 13,496 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 13,251 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 13,318 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 12,057 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2013 | 13,976 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2014 | 15,563 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2015 | 16,746 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 15,412 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 15,207 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 14,534 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 14,227 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 14,088 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 13,789 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 12,991 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 13,362 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 14,495 kg/ha | +8.5% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 14,495 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 20,824 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 14,495 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,088 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +129.1% | 6,199 kg/ha | 14,204 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +47.1% | 6,925 kg/ha | 10,186 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -43.7% | 10,243 kg/ha | 5,771 kg/ha |
| 1966 | -34.0% | 10,561 kg/ha | 6,968 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,907 kg/ha | 6,925 kg/ha | 11,367 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,881 kg/ha | 5,051 kg/ha | 10,456 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,080 kg/ha | 5,006 kg/ha | 5,301 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,556 kg/ha | 5,200 kg/ha | 6,197 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,566 kg/ha | 6,192 kg/ha | 14,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,429 kg/ha | 12,057 kg/ha | 16,746 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,745 kg/ha | 12,991 kg/ha | 14,495 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Puerto Rico was 14,495 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 16,746 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,006 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 75th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.