Algeria vs South America: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Algeria
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 156,416 ha against 62,949 ha in Algeria, a difference of 93,467 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 2.5 times Algeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Algeria ranks 9th and South America ranks 11th of 131 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,314 ha | 155,962 ha | 136,647 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 23,031 ha | 130,257 ha | 107,226 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 33,219 ha | 127,083 ha | 93,864 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 34,615 ha | 133,795 ha | 99,180 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 38,296 ha | 147,670 ha | 109,374 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 56,310 ha | 162,808 ha | 106,498 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 60,593 ha | 159,870 ha | 99,277 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Algeria or South America?
- South America, at 156,416 ha against 62,949 ha in Algeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Algeria and South America?
- 93,467 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Algeria and South America rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 9th and South America ranks 11th 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.