Eastern Asia vs India: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- India
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 1.48 million ha against 127,811 ha in India, a difference of 1.36 million ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 11.6 times India's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 3rd and India ranks 4th of 32 groups.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 483,946 ha | 7,600 ha | 476,346 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 364,133 ha | 10,310 ha | 353,823 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 651,341 ha | 14,010 ha | 637,331 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 998,166 ha | 32,877 ha | 965,289 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 1.76 million ha | 54,521 ha | 1.71 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 1.60 million ha | 83,166 ha | 1.52 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 1.52 million ha | 121,762 ha | 1.40 million ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Eastern Asia or India?
- Eastern Asia, at 1.48 million ha against 127,811 ha in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Eastern Asia and India?
- 1.36 million ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and India rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 3rd and India ranks 4th 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.