Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 5,191 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
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 Rwanda is 5,191 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Rwanda peaked at 6,300 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 4,992 kg/ha, in 2003.
Rwanda ranks 111th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,024 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 6,024 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,002 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 6,111 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 6,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,000 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,300 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 5,909 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1979 | 6,091 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 6,106 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 6,121 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 6,083 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 6,098 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 6,210 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 6,000 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,992 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 6,003 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 5,986 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 5,957 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 5,833 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 5,430 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1996 | 5,000 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5,016 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 5,000 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 4,995 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 4,992 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 4,992 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4,996 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 5,019 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 5,038 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 5,058 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 5,078 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 5,099 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 5,130 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 5,138 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 5,144 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 5,142 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 5,140 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 5,139 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 5,138 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 5,138 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 5,138 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5,197 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 5,222 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 5,184 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 5,191 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 5,191 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 14,584 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 5,191 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 35% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,000 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,057 kg/ha | 5,909 kg/ha | 6,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,061 kg/ha | 5,992 kg/ha | 6,210 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,521 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 6,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,011 kg/ha | 4,992 kg/ha | 5,058 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,129 kg/ha | 5,078 kg/ha | 5,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,186 kg/ha | 5,138 kg/ha | 5,222 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.203 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6953 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6909 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Rwanda?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Rwanda was 5,191 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 6,300 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,992 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Rwanda rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 111th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.