Afghanistan vs Western Asia: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Afghanistan
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 177,552 ha against 76,004 ha in Afghanistan, a difference of 101,548 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 2.3 times Afghanistan's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Asia has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 8th and Western Asia ranks 10th of 131 countries.
Western Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,444 ha | 235,272 ha | 222,828 ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 11,590 ha | 270,728 ha | 259,138 ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 9,480 ha | 302,778 ha | 293,298 ha | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 9,315 ha | 263,185 ha | 253,870 ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 15,230 ha | 269,099 ha | 253,869 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 35,882 ha | 204,921 ha | 169,039 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 68,363 ha | 180,303 ha | 111,941 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Afghanistan or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 177,552 ha against 76,004 ha in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Afghanistan and Western Asia?
- 101,548 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Western Asia rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 8th and Western Asia ranks 10th of 131 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.