Eastern Africa vs Spain: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Spain
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 27,325 ha against 21,840 ha in Spain, a difference of 5,485 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Spain ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 24th and Spain ranks 27th of 32 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 962.57 ha | 28,056 ha | 27,093 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 2,649 ha | 23,022 ha | 20,373 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 2,970 ha | 16,789 ha | 13,820 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 13,201 ha | 19,141 ha | 5,940 ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 32,263 ha | 22,122 ha | 10,141 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Spain?
- Eastern Africa, at 27,325 ha against 21,840 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Spain?
- 5,485 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Spain?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Spain rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 24th and Spain ranks 27th 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.