Europe vs Mexico: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Europe
- Mexico
How they compare
Europe currently reports 215,764 ha against 38,623 ha in Mexico, a difference of 177,141 ha.
That makes Europe's figure about 5.6 times Mexico's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 9th and Mexico ranks 11th of 28 groups.
Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 679,231 ha | 25,920 ha | 653,311 ha | Europe |
| 1970s | 676,522 ha | 26,951 ha | 649,571 ha | Europe |
| 1980s | 567,016 ha | 32,684 ha | 534,332 ha | Europe |
| 1990s | 383,631 ha | 33,475 ha | 350,156 ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 316,666 ha | 43,664 ha | 273,002 ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 298,116 ha | 38,960 ha | 259,156 ha | Europe |
| 2020s | 217,701 ha | 39,215 ha | 178,487 ha | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Europe or Mexico?
- Europe, at 215,764 ha against 38,623 ha in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Europe and Mexico?
- 177,141 ha, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Mexico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Europe and Mexico rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 9th and Mexico ranks 11th 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.