Melanesia vs Western Europe: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Western Europe
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 18,464 ha against 990 ha in Western Europe, a difference of 17,474 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 18.7 times Western Europe's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Europe ahead.
Melanesia ranks 8th and Western Europe ranks 26th of 16 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 1 and Western Europe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.22 ha | 240.78 ha | 225.56 ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 19.9 ha | 254.1 ha | 234.2 ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 25.3 ha | 210.8 ha | 185.5 ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 166 ha | 370.8 ha | 204.8 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 281.9 ha | 342.5 ha | 60.6 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 406.5 ha | 857.8 ha | 451.3 ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 11,261 ha | 964 ha | 10,297 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Melanesia or Western Europe?
- Melanesia, at 18,464 ha against 990 ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Melanesia and Western Europe?
- 17,474 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Western Europe rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 8th and Western Europe ranks 26th 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.