Spain vs Western Europe: Watermelons — Area harvested
Watermelons — Area harvested over time
- Spain
- Western Europe
How they compare
Spain currently reports 21,840 ha against 990 ha in Western Europe, a difference of 20,850 ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 22.1 times Western Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Spain ranks 27th and Western Europe ranks 30th of 143 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,236 ha | 240.78 ha | 18,995 ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 24,106 ha | 254.1 ha | 23,852 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 28,529 ha | 210.8 ha | 28,318 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 23,022 ha | 370.8 ha | 22,651 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 16,789 ha | 342.5 ha | 16,447 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 19,141 ha | 857.8 ha | 18,283 ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 22,122 ha | 964 ha | 21,158 ha | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — area harvested, Spain or Western Europe?
- Spain, at 21,840 ha against 990 ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — area harvested between Spain and Western Europe?
- 20,850 ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Spain and Western Europe rank globally for watermelons — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 27th and Western Europe ranks 30th of 143 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.