Peru vs South Africa: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Peru
- South Africa
How they compare
Peru currently reports 5,515 ha against 5,379 ha in South Africa, a difference of 136 ha.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Peru ranks 49th and South Africa ranks 50th of 131 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,897 ha | 2,733 ha | 163.89 ha | Peru |
| 1970s | 2,616 ha | 2,700 ha | 83.8 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 2,622 ha | 3,460 ha | 838 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 2,922 ha | 4,103 ha | 1,181 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 2,823 ha | 4,247 ha | 1,424 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 3,626 ha | 5,135 ha | 1,508 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 4,666 ha | 4,387 ha | 279 ha | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Peru or South Africa?
- Peru, at 5,515 ha against 5,379 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Peru and South Africa?
- 136 ha, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Peru and South Africa rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 49th and South Africa ranks 50th 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.