Melanesia vs Southern Africa: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 18,464 ha against 5,853 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 12,611 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 3.2 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Melanesia ranks 8th and Southern Africa ranks 25th of 16 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 1 and Southern Africa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.22 ha | 2,733 ha | 2,718 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 19.9 ha | 2,700 ha | 2,680 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 25.3 ha | 3,460 ha | 3,435 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 166 ha | 4,146 ha | 3,980 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 281.9 ha | 4,504 ha | 4,223 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 406.5 ha | 5,486 ha | 5,080 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 11,261 ha | 4,848 ha | 6,413 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Melanesia or Southern Africa?
- Melanesia, at 18,464 ha against 5,853 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Melanesia and Southern Africa?
- 12,611 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Southern Africa rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 8th and Southern Africa ranks 25th of 16 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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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.