China vs Western Africa: Watermelons — Yield
Watermelons — Yield over time
- China
- Western Africa
How they compare
China currently reports 43,629 kg/ha against 16,997 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 26,632 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.6 times Western Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Africa ahead.
China ranks 25th and Western Africa ranks 26th of 131 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and Western Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,416 kg/ha | 27,531 kg/ha | 14,114 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 16,311 kg/ha | 25,294 kg/ha | 8,983 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 16,314 kg/ha | 24,184 kg/ha | 7,870 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 23,508 kg/ha | 19,585 kg/ha | 3,924 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 33,816 kg/ha | 15,171 kg/ha | 18,645 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 39,308 kg/ha | 14,955 kg/ha | 24,353 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 42,219 kg/ha | 17,093 kg/ha | 25,126 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — yield, China or Western Africa?
- China, at 43,629 kg/ha against 16,997 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — yield between China and Western Africa?
- 26,632 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Western Africa rank globally for watermelons — yield?
- China ranks 25th and Western Africa ranks 26th of 131 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Watermelons — Yield. 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.