Egypt vs Southern Africa: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 21,455 ha against 5,853 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 15,602 ha.
That makes Egypt's figure about 3.7 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 24th and Southern Africa ranks 25th of 131 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,766 ha | 2,733 ha | 32,033 ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 45,828 ha | 2,700 ha | 43,128 ha | Egypt |
| 1980s | 53,503 ha | 3,460 ha | 50,043 ha | Egypt |
| 1990s | 47,285 ha | 4,146 ha | 43,139 ha | Egypt |
| 2000s | 64,142 ha | 4,504 ha | 59,638 ha | Egypt |
| 2010s | 51,340 ha | 5,486 ha | 45,854 ha | Egypt |
| 2020s | 28,329 ha | 4,848 ha | 23,480 ha | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Egypt or Southern Africa?
- Egypt, at 21,455 ha against 5,853 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Egypt and Southern Africa?
- 15,602 ha, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Southern Africa rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 24th and Southern Africa ranks 25th 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.