Melanesia vs Western Asia: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 177,552 ha against 18,464 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 159,088 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 9.6 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Asia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 8th and Western Asia ranks 10th of 16 countries.
Western Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.22 ha | 235,272 ha | 235,257 ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 19.9 ha | 270,728 ha | 270,708 ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 25.3 ha | 302,778 ha | 302,753 ha | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 166 ha | 263,185 ha | 263,019 ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 281.9 ha | 269,099 ha | 268,817 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 406.5 ha | 204,921 ha | 204,515 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 11,261 ha | 180,303 ha | 169,042 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Melanesia or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 177,552 ha against 18,464 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Melanesia and Western Asia?
- 159,088 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Western Asia rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 8th and Western Asia ranks 10th of 16 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.