Caribbean vs Western Africa: Watermelons — Production
Watermelons — Production over time
- Caribbean
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 2.60 million t against 1.09 million t in Caribbean, a difference of 1.51 million t.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 2.4 times Caribbean's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 17th and Western Africa ranks 19th of 143 groups.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,665 t | 83,567 t | 81,902 t | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 4,053 t | 136,160 t | 132,107 t | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 5,886 t | 188,976 t | 183,091 t | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 40,766 t | 405,612 t | 364,845 t | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 83,580 t | 521,413 t | 437,833 t | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 350,356 t | 863,039 t | 512,683 t | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 745,209 t | 2.41 million t | 1.66 million t | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — production, Caribbean or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 2.60 million t against 1.09 million t in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — production between Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 1.51 million t, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Western Africa rank globally for watermelons — production?
- Caribbean ranks 17th and Western Africa ranks 19th of 143 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Watermelons — Production. 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.