Afghanistan vs Africa: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Afghanistan
- Africa
How they compare
Africa currently reports 348,639 ha against 76,004 ha in Afghanistan, a difference of 272,635 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 4.6 times Afghanistan's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 8th and Africa ranks 3rd of 130 countries.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,444 ha | 78,864 ha | 66,420 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 11,590 ha | 110,709 ha | 99,119 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 9,480 ha | 138,095 ha | 128,615 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 9,315 ha | 169,095 ha | 159,780 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 15,230 ha | 213,355 ha | 198,125 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 35,882 ha | 254,651 ha | 218,769 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 68,363 ha | 350,147 ha | 281,784 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Afghanistan or Africa?
- Africa, at 348,639 ha against 76,004 ha in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Afghanistan and Africa?
- 272,635 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Africa rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 8th and Africa ranks 3rd of 130 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.