Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in South America
South America: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 16,352 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in South America stood at 16,352 kg/ha.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in South America peaked at 16,726 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10,207 kg/ha, in 1990.
South America ranks 15th of 29 groups on this measure, 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 South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,710 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,301 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1963 | 13,259 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 12,918 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1965 | 14,742 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1966 | 13,900 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1967 | 13,840 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 14,147 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 13,632 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 14,517 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1971 | 14,105 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 12,901 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1973 | 13,140 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 11,864 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1975 | 13,389 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1976 | 13,411 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 12,004 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1978 | 11,647 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 13,062 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1980 | 12,283 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1981 | 12,408 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 12,517 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 12,250 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 12,698 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 13,128 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 14,231 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 11,975 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1988 | 12,069 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 11,966 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 10,207 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1991 | 10,853 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 10,289 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 10,236 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 10,736 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 13,472 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1996 | 12,441 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 12,144 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 12,073 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 12,987 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 12,721 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 13,024 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 13,114 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 14,465 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 14,558 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 14,765 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 15,333 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 14,826 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 15,532 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 15,749 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 15,198 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 15,855 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 16,522 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 16,276 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 16,362 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 16,460 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 16,175 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 16,062 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 16,551 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 16,132 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 16,081 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 16,726 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 16,565 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 16,197 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 16,352 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,828 kg/ha | 12,918 kg/ha | 14,742 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,004 kg/ha | 11,647 kg/ha | 14,517 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,552 kg/ha | 11,966 kg/ha | 14,231 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,544 kg/ha | 10,207 kg/ha | 13,472 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,409 kg/ha | 12,721 kg/ha | 15,749 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,159 kg/ha | 15,198 kg/ha | 16,551 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,384 kg/ha | 16,081 kg/ha | 16,726 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 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
- 15 Algeria 29,818 kg/ha compare
- 16 Jordan 27,772 kg/ha compare
- 17 Tunisia 27,755 kg/ha compare
- 18 Italy 27,643 kg/ha compare
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- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in South America?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in South America was 16,352 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 16,726 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,207 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does South America rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- South America ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.