Afghanistan vs Americas: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Afghanistan
- Americas
How they compare
Americas currently reports 255,837 ha against 76,004 ha in Afghanistan, a difference of 179,833 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 3.4 times Afghanistan's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 8th and Americas ranks 10th of 143 countries.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Americas | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,444 ha | 299,211 ha | 286,766 ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 11,590 ha | 254,661 ha | 243,071 ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 9,480 ha | 247,887 ha | 238,407 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 9,315 ha | 266,367 ha | 257,052 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 15,230 ha | 271,805 ha | 256,575 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 35,882 ha | 266,440 ha | 230,558 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 68,363 ha | 255,526 ha | 187,164 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Afghanistan or Americas?
- Americas, at 255,837 ha against 76,004 ha in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Afghanistan and Americas?
- 179,833 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Americas?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Americas rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 8th and Americas ranks 10th of 143 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.