Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 25,516 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Western Africa, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Western Africa stood at 25,516 kg/ha.
The figure is down 4.1% on the previous year and up 62.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Western Africa peaked at 26,607 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7,233 kg/ha, in 1999.
That places Western Africa 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 14,546 kg/ha | — |
| 1988 | 15,000 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 9,637 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 1991 | 8,411 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1992 | 8,452 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 8,496 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 8,602 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 7,932 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1996 | 7,870 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 7,772 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 7,662 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 7,233 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 9,830 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 2001 | 9,180 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 8,891 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 8,444 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 9,937 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2005 | 8,058 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2006 | 9,108 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2007 | 9,079 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 10,974 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2009 | 11,023 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 13,973 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 2011 | 13,921 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 14,101 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 16,443 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2014 | 15,749 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 21,923 kg/ha | +39.2% |
| 2016 | 20,430 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 21,686 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 20,320 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 20,547 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 22,558 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2021 | 25,646 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2022 | 25,131 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 26,607 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 25,516 kg/ha | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14,848 kg/ha | 14,546 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 8,207 kg/ha | 7,233 kg/ha | 9,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,452 kg/ha | 8,058 kg/ha | 11,023 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,909 kg/ha | 13,921 kg/ha | 21,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,092 kg/ha | 22,558 kg/ha | 26,607 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 1 Guyana 233,323 kg/ha compare
- 1 Syrian Arab Republic 16,929 kg/ha compare
- 2 Bahrain 89,091 kg/ha compare
- 3 Indonesia 62,060 kg/ha compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 13,249 kg/ha compare
- 4 China, Hong Kong SAR 51,150 kg/ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,688 kg/ha compare
- 5 Spain 43,448 kg/ha compare
- 6 Poland 40,495 kg/ha compare
- 6 Micronesia 9,769 kg/ha compare
- 7 Belgium 39,640 kg/ha compare
- 7 Polynesia 9,397 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0113 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Western Africa?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Western Africa was 25,516 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 26,607 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,233 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Western Africa rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.