Europe vs Syrian Arab Republic: Watermelons — Area harvested

Europe
215,764 ha
in 2024
Syrian Arab Republic
38,781 ha
in 2024
Europe rank
6th
Syrian Arab Republic rank
19th

Watermelons — Area harvested over time

  • Europe
  • Syrian Arab Republic
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How they compare

Europe currently reports 215,764 ha against 38,781 ha in Syrian Arab Republic, a difference of 176,983 ha.

That makes Europe's figure about 5.6 times Syrian Arab Republic's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.

Europe ranks 6th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 19th of 35 regions.

Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe Syrian Arab Republic Difference Ahead
1960s 679,231 ha 51,046 ha 628,185 ha Europe
1970s 676,522 ha 63,856 ha 612,666 ha Europe
1980s 567,016 ha 81,013 ha 486,003 ha Europe
1990s 383,631 ha 26,148 ha 357,483 ha Europe
2000s 316,666 ha 25,110 ha 291,556 ha Europe
2010s 298,116 ha 15,271 ha 282,845 ha Europe
2020s 217,701 ha 30,524 ha 187,178 ha Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Europe or Syrian Arab Republic?
Europe, at 215,764 ha against 38,781 ha in Syrian Arab Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Europe and Syrian Arab Republic?
176,983 ha, with Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Syrian Arab Republic?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Europe and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
Europe ranks 6th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 19th of 35 regions.
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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Indicator
Watermelons — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
175 places, 8,161 data points, 1961–2024
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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.