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 86th of 120 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.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,836 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,339 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1963 | 3,848 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1964 | 6,598 kg/ha | +71.5% |
| 1965 | 7,756 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1966 | 4,312 kg/ha | -44.4% |
| 1967 | 2,955 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1968 | 3,307 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1969 | 3,452 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 3,538 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 4,615 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1972 | 4,213 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 3,652 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1974 | 3,767 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 6,479 kg/ha | +72.0% |
| 1976 | 6,862 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 6,408 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1978 | 6,802 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 11,154 kg/ha | +64.0% |
| 1980 | 10,998 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 9,800 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1982 | 7,808 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1983 | 12,280 kg/ha | +57.3% |
| 1984 | 13,360 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1985 | 10,934 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1986 | 12,860 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1987 | 12,174 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 14,986 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1989 | 12,864 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1990 | 12,184 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 13,333 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 13,398 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 13,333 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 13,200 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 12,514 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 12,245 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 11,904 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 11,579 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 11,420 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 11,235 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 7,547 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 2002 | 7,480 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 7,285 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 9,007 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2005 | 8,682 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 8,716 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 9,567 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 9,515 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 10,402 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 10,796 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 10,936 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 10,412 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 10,756 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 11,175 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 12,490 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 12,627 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 12,213 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 12,383 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 13,119 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 12,841 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 12,726 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 9,652 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2023 | 11,756 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2024 | 11,347 kg/ha | -3.5% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 11,347 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Sri Lanka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +72.0% | 3,767 kg/ha | 6,479 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +71.5% | 3,848 kg/ha | 6,598 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +64.0% | 6,802 kg/ha | 11,154 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +57.3% | 7,808 kg/ha | 12,280 kg/ha |
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
- 83 Uruguay 12,088 kg/ha compare
- 84 Kyrgyzstan 11,960 kg/ha compare
- 85 Japan 11,506 kg/ha compare
- 87 Saint Lucia 11,276 kg/ha compare
- 88 Romania 11,102 kg/ha compare
- 89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (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 86th out of 120 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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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.