Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre by country
Watermelons — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
105
Highest
0.4779 ha per square kilometre
Senegal
Lowest
0.0001 ha per square kilometre
Canada
Median
0.0202 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
4,942
What the numbers show
Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 0.4779 ha per square kilometre in Senegal; the lowest is 0.0001 ha per square kilometre in Canada.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0202 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0437 ha per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,839.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 1,003.5%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 76.3%).
Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 0.4779 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 650.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Grenada | 0.3059 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Malta | 0.2938 ha per square kilometre | 2017 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 4 | Albania | 0.2134 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 5 | Israel | 0.2124 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.1% | rising |
| 6 | North Macedonia | 0.1937 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 7 | China | 0.159 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 0.1518 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 9 | Tajikistan | 0.1505 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 10 | Armenia | 0.1413 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 11 | Lebanon | 0.1253 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 0.1211 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 348.2% | volatile |
| 13 | El Salvador | 0.1061 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 114.1% | rising |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 0.0863 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 15 | Tonga | 0.0806 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 16 | Jamaica | 0.0794 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Palestine | 0.0662 ha per square kilometre | 2022 | up 45.0% | falling |
| 18 | Serbia | 0.0622 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 19 | Paraguay | 0.0616 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 20 | Turkmenistan | 0.0608 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.7% | falling |
| 21 | Italy | 0.0513 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 0.0509 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 309.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Greece | 0.0499 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0442 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 25 | Pakistan | 0.0431 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 0.0429 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 27 | India | 0.0424 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Ukraine | 0.0404 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 0.038 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Fiji | 0.0372 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 0.035 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 0.0342 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Cyprus | 0.0335 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 34 | Romania | 0.033 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.8% | falling |
| 35 | Montenegro | 0.0326 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Morocco | 0.0325 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 37 | Hungary | 0.0316 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 38 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0308 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.7% | rising |
| 39 | Bahrain | 0.03 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 477.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Dominica | 0.0293 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 41 | Tunisia | 0.0287 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Philippines | 0.028 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 43 | Algeria | 0.0265 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 44 | Guinea | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 45 | Japan | 0.0238 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 46 | Mali | 0.0234 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 0.023 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 48 | Mexico | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 49 | Malaysia | 0.0213 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Cuba | 0.021 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 51 | Egypt | 0.0209 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.7% | rising |
| 52 | Kenya | 0.0207 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 121.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Iraq | 0.0202 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.3% | falling |
| 54 | Sudan | 0.0202 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.2% | rising |
| 55 | Ecuador | 0.0201 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 0.0197 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 57 | Yemen | 0.0181 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Jordan | 0.0171 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Niger | 0.0168 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,003.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Indonesia | 0.0166 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 61 | Croatia | 0.0164 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Georgia | 0.0158 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Cameroon | 0.0151 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 232.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0138 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Thailand | 0.0137 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Panama | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 67 | French Polynesia | 0.0121 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 0.0119 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | rising |
| 69 | Colombia | 0.0116 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0116 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Libya | 0.0112 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 0.011 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 73 | Honduras | 0.0108 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Brazil | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 75 | Portugal | 0.0083 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Guatemala | 0.0082 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Qatar | 0.0048 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Mauritania | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Belize | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 80 | Chile | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 81 | Peru | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 82 | Uruguay | 0.0035 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 83 | Oman | 0.0035 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Argentina | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 85 | South Africa | 0.0032 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 86 | New Caledonia | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 87 | Solomon Islands | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 88 | France | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Kuwait | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Slovakia | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Guyana | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Slovenia | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 93 | United Arab Emirates | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Malawi | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 95 | New Zealand | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 96 | Austria | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Poland | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Australia | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 99 | Namibia | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 100 | Suriname | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Somalia | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Botswana | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 186.7% | rising |
| 103 | Bhutan | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Djibouti | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 105 | Canada | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0237 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Watermelons — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Watermelons — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Watermelons — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Watermelons — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.