Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 11,347 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka is 11,347 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 14,986 kg/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 2,955 kg/ha, in 1967.
Sri Lanka ranks 89th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,378 kg/ha | 2,955 kg/ha | 7,756 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,749 kg/ha | 3,538 kg/ha | 11,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,806 kg/ha | 7,808 kg/ha | 14,986 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,511 kg/ha | 11,420 kg/ha | 13,398 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,943 kg/ha | 7,285 kg/ha | 11,235 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,691 kg/ha | 10,412 kg/ha | 13,119 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,664 kg/ha | 9,652 kg/ha | 12,841 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 86 Uruguay 12,088 kg/ha compare
- 87 Kyrgyzstan 11,960 kg/ha compare
- 88 Japan 11,506 kg/ha compare
- 90 Saint Lucia 11,276 kg/ha compare
- 91 Romania 11,102 kg/ha compare
- 92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture share gdp 8.36 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.36 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
- Rural population 79.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 17.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 8,514 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Sri Lanka was 11,347 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 14,986 kg/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,955 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 89th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.