France vs Portugal: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- France
- Portugal
How they compare
France currently reports 930 ha against 880 ha in Portugal, a difference of 50 ha.
That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
France ranks 88th and Portugal ranks 89th of 143 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 240.78 ha | 306.67 ha | 65.89 ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 254.1 ha | 331 ha | 76.9 ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 210.8 ha | 325 ha | 114.2 ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 369.6 ha | 225.5 ha | 144.1 ha | France |
| 2000s | 330.5 ha | 207.9 ha | 122.6 ha | France |
| 2010s | 839.7 ha | 879.4 ha | 39.7 ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 912 ha | 788 ha | 124 ha | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, France or Portugal?
- France, at 930 ha against 880 ha in Portugal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between France and Portugal?
- 50 ha, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Portugal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Portugal rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- France ranks 88th and Portugal ranks 89th of 143 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.