Mexico vs Western Africa: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Mexico
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 152,957 ha against 38,623 ha in Mexico, a difference of 114,334 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 4.0 times Mexico's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.
Mexico ranks 11th and Western Africa ranks 10th of 130 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 5 and Western Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,920 ha | 3,041 ha | 22,878 ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 26,951 ha | 5,385 ha | 21,566 ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 32,684 ha | 7,877 ha | 24,807 ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 33,475 ha | 22,443 ha | 11,032 ha | Mexico |
| 2000s | 43,664 ha | 34,375 ha | 9,290 ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 38,960 ha | 56,223 ha | 17,263 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 39,215 ha | 141,386 ha | 102,171 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Mexico or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 152,957 ha against 38,623 ha in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Mexico and Western Africa?
- 114,334 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and Western Africa rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 11th and Western Africa ranks 10th of 130 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.