Libya vs South Africa: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Libya
- South Africa
How they compare
Libya currently reports 19,623 ha against 5,379 ha in South Africa, a difference of 14,244 ha.
That makes Libya's figure about 3.6 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Libya ranks 30th and South Africa ranks 29th of 143 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 6 and South Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,488 ha | 2,733 ha | 1,245 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 11,192 ha | 2,700 ha | 8,492 ha | Libya |
| 1980s | 9,895 ha | 3,460 ha | 6,435 ha | Libya |
| 1990s | 12,277 ha | 4,103 ha | 8,174 ha | Libya |
| 2000s | 15,156 ha | 4,247 ha | 10,909 ha | Libya |
| 2010s | 17,858 ha | 5,135 ha | 12,723 ha | Libya |
| 2020s | 19,177 ha | 4,387 ha | 14,791 ha | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Libya or South Africa?
- Libya, at 19,623 ha against 5,379 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Libya and South Africa?
- 14,244 ha, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Libya and South Africa rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 30th and South Africa ranks 29th 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.