Mexico vs Northern Africa: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Mexico
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 155,043 ha against 38,623 ha in Mexico, a difference of 116,420 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 4.0 times Mexico's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Mexico ranks 11th and Northern Africa ranks 12th of 131 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,920 ha | 73,090 ha | 47,170 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 26,951 ha | 102,624 ha | 75,673 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 32,684 ha | 126,084 ha | 93,400 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 33,475 ha | 139,211 ha | 105,736 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 43,664 ha | 169,846 ha | 126,181 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 38,960 ha | 176,993 ha | 138,033 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 39,215 ha | 165,406 ha | 126,192 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Mexico or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 155,043 ha against 38,623 ha in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Mexico and Northern Africa?
- 116,420 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and Northern Africa rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 11th and Northern Africa ranks 12th of 131 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.