Eastern Africa vs Saudi Arabia: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 27,325 ha against 23,648 ha in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 3,677 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.2 times Saudi Arabia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 22nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 20th of 28 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 1 and Saudi Arabia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 962.57 ha | 18,824 ha | 17,862 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 2,649 ha | 22,735 ha | 20,086 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 2,970 ha | 16,987 ha | 14,017 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 13,201 ha | 24,247 ha | 11,046 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 32,263 ha | 23,758 ha | 8,505 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Saudi Arabia?
- Eastern Africa, at 27,325 ha against 23,648 ha in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Saudi Arabia?
- 3,677 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Saudi Arabia?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Saudi Arabia rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 22nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 20th of 28 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.