Bulgaria vs South Africa: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Bulgaria
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 5,379 ha against 5,330 ha in Bulgaria, a difference of 49 ha.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 51st and South Africa ranks 50th of 131 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 5 and South Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,652 ha | 2,733 ha | 20,919 ha | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 22,300 ha | 2,700 ha | 19,600 ha | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 23,686 ha | 3,460 ha | 20,226 ha | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 27,064 ha | 4,103 ha | 22,960 ha | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 8,447 ha | 4,247 ha | 4,200 ha | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 3,798 ha | 5,135 ha | 1,336 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 4,310 ha | 4,387 ha | 76.8 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Bulgaria or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 5,379 ha against 5,330 ha in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Bulgaria and South Africa?
- 49 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and South Africa rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 51st and South Africa ranks 50th 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.