Africa vs Senegal: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Senegal
How they compare
Africa currently reports 348,639 ha against 92,607 ha in Senegal, a difference of 256,032 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 3.8 times Senegal's.
Across all 38 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 6th and Senegal ranks 6th of 32 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 152,281 ha | 3,000 ha | 149,281 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 169,095 ha | 10,563 ha | 158,532 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 213,355 ha | 17,035 ha | 196,320 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 254,651 ha | 28,637 ha | 226,014 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 350,147 ha | 89,290 ha | 260,857 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Africa or Senegal?
- Africa, at 348,639 ha against 92,607 ha in Senegal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Africa and Senegal?
- 256,032 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Senegal?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Senegal rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 6th and Senegal ranks 6th of 32 groups.
- 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.