Saudi Arabia vs United States of America: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Saudi Arabia
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 44,111 ha against 23,648 ha in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 20,463 ha.
That makes United States of America's figure about 1.9 times Saudi Arabia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.
Saudi Arabia ranks 20th and United States of America ranks 21st of 131 countries.
United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saudi Arabia | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,000 ha | 115,292 ha | 107,292 ha | United States of America |
| 1970s | 12,111 ha | 94,263 ha | 82,152 ha | United States of America |
| 1980s | 18,947 ha | 81,513 ha | 62,566 ha | United States of America |
| 1990s | 22,735 ha | 81,415 ha | 58,680 ha | United States of America |
| 2000s | 16,987 ha | 57,810 ha | 40,823 ha | United States of America |
| 2010s | 24,247 ha | 46,139 ha | 21,892 ha | United States of America |
| 2020s | 23,758 ha | 41,359 ha | 17,601 ha | United States of America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Saudi Arabia or United States of America?
- United States of America, at 44,111 ha against 23,648 ha in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Saudi Arabia and United States of America?
- 20,463 ha, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and United States of America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Saudi Arabia and United States of America rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 20th and United States of America ranks 21st 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.