Vegetables and melons · FAOSTAT 2024

Pumpkins and squash production by country

World production of pumpkins and squash reached 34.6 million t in 2024, up 46% over ten years. The largest producers were India (27.0%), China (22.1%), Egypt (3.7%), together 53% of the world total. It was harvested from 2.2 million ha, an average yield of 15.4 t/ha.

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World production, 2024: 34.6 million t
10-year change: +46%
Producing countries: 124
World average yield: 15.39 t/ha

World production, 1961–2024 (tonnes)

Producers ranked, 2024

#	Country	Tonnes	Share	10-year change	Yield, t/ha
1	India	9,330,691	27.0%	+191%	16.6
2	China E	7,652,952	22.1%	+5.9%	18.6
3	Egypt I	1,275,383	3.69%	+187%	19.8
4	Russia I	1,163,235	3.36%	−5.6%	21.6
5	Ukraine E	1,105,900	3.20%	+0.1%	21.3
6	United States	934,922	2.70%	+8.3%	21.7
7	Bangladesh	831,384	2.40%	+96%	13.6
8	Spain	770,770	2.23%	+67%	43.4
9	Turkey	741,952	2.15%	+73%	8.1
10	Italy	583,000	1.69%	+2.3%	27.6
11	Mexico	568,591	1.64%	+0.3%	20.7
12	Niger	517,704	1.50%	+870%	30.5
13	Indonesia E	514,702	1.49%	+44%	62.1
14	Algeria I	476,580	1.38%	+67%	29.8
15	Poland	425,200	1.23%	+539%	40.5
16	Malawi E	421,380	1.22%	—	22.0
17	France	379,910	1.10%	+282%	29.8
18	Pakistan	378,125	1.09%	+50%	14.1
19	Cuba I	321,401	0.93%	−36%	10.1
20	South Korea I	306,851	0.89%	−11%	31.3
21	South Africa	295,149	0.85%	−30%	7.3
22	Morocco	282,472	0.82%	+31%	21.0
23	Zimbabwe I	269,968	0.78%	—	18.3
24	Rwanda E	269,329	0.78%	+8.5%	5.2
25	Argentina I	260,419	0.75%	−4.3%	15.0
26	Peru	256,282	0.74%	+2.4%	26.3
27	Philippines	245,103	0.71%	−20%	12.7
28	Iran E	188,928	0.55%	−6.0%	6.7
29	Cameroon E	183,924	0.53%	+3.1%	1.2
30	Kazakhstan	166,172	0.48%	+29%	23.4
31	Japan I	163,620	0.47%	−18%	11.5
32	Sri Lanka	162,801	0.47%	−39%	11.3
33	Germany	161,520	0.47%	+51%	25.1
34	Colombia	156,278	0.45%	+82%	10.1
35	Australia	156,238	0.45%	+32%	21.0
36	Chile I	135,167	0.39%	+18%	23.0
37	Canada	128,448	0.37%	+0.4%	17.4
38	Portugal	121,030	0.35%	+656%	26.3
39	Syria	115,220	0.33%	+24%	16.9
40	Thailand E	109,821	0.32%	−8.9%	20.2
41	Dominican Republic	108,167	0.31%	+156%	6.7
42	Guatemala I	107,818	0.31%	—	15.7
43	New Zealand I	92,392	0.27%	−40%	19.3
44	Guyana I	88,104	0.25%	+436%	233.1
45	Venezuela I	87,607	0.25%	+13%	13.2
46	Tunisia I	86,602	0.25%	+0.2%	27.8
47	Saudi Arabia I	84,768	0.25%	+33%	26.6
48	Jordan	74,390	0.22%	+24%	27.8
49	Malaysia	74,026	0.21%	+66%	15.1
50	North Korea I	71,694	0.21%	−5.0%	9.2
51	South Sudan E	68,197	0.20%	+4.9%	15.8
52	Mali	62,096	0.18%	+20%	14.6
53	Jamaica	60,526	0.18%	+25%	19.0
54	Belgium	58,270	0.17%	+652%	39.6
55	Greece	45,320	0.13%	+4,711%	30.2
56	Taiwan I	43,473	0.13%	−22%	19.8
57	Iraq	40,164	0.12%	−71%	10.8
58	Netherlands	39,650	0.11%	+127%	21.8
59	Libya I	35,429	0.10%	+1.7%	21.7
60	Mauritius	34,401	0.10%	+82%	15.0
61	Sudan E	33,917	0.10%	+6.0%	16.0
62	Austria	32,910	0.10%	+75%	33.6
63	Hungary	32,580	0.09%	+123%	15.7
64	Albania	32,489	0.09%	+182%	34.2
65	Central African Republic I	31,767	0.09%	+74%	0.3
66	DR Congo I	29,972	0.09%	−8.2%	10.7
67	Lebanon I	28,624	0.08%	+15%	24.8
68	Uruguay I	26,203	0.08%	−9.6%	12.1
69	Bolivia	24,502	0.07%	−11%	7.7
70	Moldova	24,332	0.07%	−59%	6.2
71	Azerbaijan I	22,744	0.07%	−15%	26.6
72	Oman	22,076	0.06%	+955%	25.9
73	United Arab Emirates I	21,054	0.06%	+28%	26.9
74	Tonga I	21,010	0.06%	+7.1%	9.4
75	Côte d'Ivoire I	19,498	0.06%	+1.0%	9.7
76	Lithuania	18,920	0.05%	+1,278%	7.9
77	Honduras E	17,748	0.05%	+67%	16.0
78	Senegal I	16,738	0.05%	−2.4%	23.0
79	Czechia	16,460	0.05%	—	27.0
80	Bulgaria	15,500	0.04%	−11%	10.5
81	Qatar I	14,172	0.04%	+65%	21.8
82	Panama	12,802	0.04%	—	12.3
83	Kuwait	12,353	0.04%	−23%	29.9
84	Switzerland	11,481	0.03%	−1.3%	13.8
85	Puerto Rico I	11,246	0.03%	+2.1%	14.5
86	Romania	9,770	0.03%	−84%	11.1
87	Paraguay I	8,938	0.03%	+6.7%	4.2
88	El Salvador E	8,545	0.02%	+8.3%	6.3
89	Denmark	7,660	0.02%	+1,023%	14.7
90	Sweden	7,080	0.02%	—	20.8
91	Israel	6,888	0.02%	−49%	26.3
92	Croatia	5,310	0.02%	—	12.6
93	Slovenia	5,070	0.01%	—	24.1
94	Bhutan	4,682	0.01%	−20%	9.0
95	Ecuador E	4,258	0.01%	+4.5%	3.7
96	Luxembourg	4,230	0.01%	—	22.3
97	Malta	4,150	0.01%	+185%	—
98	Kyrgyzstan E	3,586	0.01%	+28%	12.0
99	Latvia	3,400	0.01%	−22%	6.8
100	Georgia	3,300	0.01%	—	27.0
101	Finland	2,960	0.01%	+62%	24.7
102	Cyprus	2,620	0.01%	−17%	20.2
103	Slovakia	2,560	0.01%	+29%	2.3
104	Bahamas I	2,128	0.01%	+2.1%	19.0
105	Fiji E	1,977	0.01%	+1.9%	6.7
106	Dominica E	1,840	0.01%	+6.9%	10.0
107	Cabo Verde	1,514	0.00%	−0.4%	13.1
108	Trinidad and Tobago	1,369	0.00%	−36%	8.0
109	Mozambique E	1,075	0.00%	+7.3%	1.7
110	Sierra Leone E	1,020	0.00%	—	6.4
111	Bahrain	980	0.00%	+14%	89.1
112	Ireland	800	0.00%	—	4.7
113	Brunei	740	0.00%	−19%	19.5
114	Haiti E	658	0.00%	+5.4%	12.2
115	Saint Lucia I	504	0.00%	+16%	11.2
116	Barbados I	371	0.00%	−27%	6.1
117	Hong Kong I	243	0.00%	+0.4%	48.6
118	Antigua and Barbuda	197	0.00%	−48%	5.2
119	Grenada E	179	0.00%	−50%	17.9
120	Papua New Guinea I	153	0.00%	+2.7%	1.8
121	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	143	0.00%	−72%	11.0
122	French Polynesia I	122	0.00%	−18%	8.1
123	Belize	105	0.00%	−68%	10.5
124	Djibouti I	17	0.00%	+6.3%	17.0

E = estimated by FAO, I = imputed by FAO, X = from an external organisation; other figures are official.

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Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.