Africa vs USSR: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- USSR
How they compare
USSR currently reports 480,000 ha against 348,639 ha in Africa, a difference of 131,361 ha.
That makes USSR's figure about 1.4 times Africa's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 6th and USSR ranks 3rd of 32 groups.
USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78,864 ha | 537,111 ha | 458,247 ha | USSR |
| 1970s | 110,709 ha | 526,700 ha | 415,991 ha | USSR |
| 1980s | 138,095 ha | 423,300 ha | 285,205 ha | USSR |
| 1990s | 163,246 ha | 473,000 ha | 309,754 ha | USSR |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Africa or USSR?
- USSR, at 480,000 ha against 348,639 ha in Africa as of 1991.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Africa and USSR?
- 131,361 ha, with USSR ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and USSR?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do Africa and USSR rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 6th and USSR ranks 3rd 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.