Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 8,006 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago, 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 Trinidad and Tobago is 8,006 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 175.0% on the previous year and up 245.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 21,250 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 2,318 kg/ha, in 2014.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 101st out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,857 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,667 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 8,693 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 8,800 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 10,350 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1966 | 10,025 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 9,800 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 9,776 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 10,810 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1970 | 10,137 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 9,375 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 9,565 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 9,531 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 11,918 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1975 | 16,667 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 1976 | 20,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 21,250 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 17,216 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1979 | 17,143 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 19,035 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1981 | 19,290 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 19,043 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 17,560 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1984 | 16,577 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 10,161 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 1986 | 10,555 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 9,013 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1988 | 10,300 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 12,560 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1990 | 9,690 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1991 | 11,375 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1992 | 11,044 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 11,482 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 11,170 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 13,724 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1996 | 13,306 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 13,727 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 13,673 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 12,900 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 13,469 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 12,878 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 11,907 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 11,484 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 12,155 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 12,063 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 12,273 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 3,198 kg/ha | -73.9% |
| 2008 | 3,412 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 4,728 kg/ha | +38.6% |
| 2010 | 4,954 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 11,231 kg/ha | +126.7% |
| 2012 | 3,641 kg/ha | -67.6% |
| 2013 | 4,905 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 2014 | 2,318 kg/ha | -52.7% |
| 2015 | 3,960 kg/ha | +70.9% |
| 2016 | 3,827 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 2,842 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2018 | 6,813 kg/ha | +139.7% |
| 2019 | 3,807 kg/ha | -44.1% |
| 2020 | 3,887 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 3,295 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2022 | 3,461 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 2,912 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2024 | 8,006 kg/ha | +175.0% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 8,006 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 20,824 kg/ha, 38% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 8,006 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,088 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +175.0% | 2,912 kg/ha | 8,006 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +139.7% | 2,842 kg/ha | 6,813 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +126.7% | 4,954 kg/ha | 11,231 kg/ha |
| 2007 | -73.9% | 12,273 kg/ha | 3,198 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +70.9% | 2,318 kg/ha | 3,960 kg/ha |
| 2012 | -67.6% | 11,231 kg/ha | 3,641 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,531 kg/ha | 8,667 kg/ha | 10,810 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,280 kg/ha | 9,375 kg/ha | 21,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,409 kg/ha | 9,013 kg/ha | 19,290 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,209 kg/ha | 9,690 kg/ha | 13,727 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,757 kg/ha | 3,198 kg/ha | 13,469 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,830 kg/ha | 2,318 kg/ha | 11,231 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,312 kg/ha | 2,912 kg/ha | 8,006 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Trinidad and Tobago was 8,006 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 21,250 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,318 kg/ha in 2014.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 101st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 245.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.