Watermelons — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Watermelons — Area harvested was 62,949 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Algeria stood at 62,949 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 63,145 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16,010 ha, in 1961.
That places Algeria 9th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,010 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 ha | +12.4% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 18,120 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 24,820 ha | +37.0% |
| 1966 | 17,270 ha | -30.4% |
| 1967 | 18,590 ha | +7.6% |
| 1968 | 21,500 ha | +15.7% |
| 1969 | 21,520 ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 21,130 ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 21,610 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 22,110 ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 20,400 ha | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 20,770 ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 21,950 ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 23,140 ha | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 26,490 ha | +14.5% |
| 1978 | 25,680 ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 27,030 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 28,350 ha | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 29,460 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 29,910 ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 32,170 ha | +7.6% |
| 1984 | 32,730 ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 40,740 ha | +24.5% |
| 1986 | 40,040 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 35,060 ha | -12.4% |
| 1988 | 32,570 ha | -7.1% |
| 1989 | 31,160 ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 31,980 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 35,700 ha | +11.6% |
| 1992 | 38,890 ha | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 35,260 ha | -9.3% |
| 1994 | 34,910 ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 34,920 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 36,280 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 29,950 ha | -17.4% |
| 1998 | 33,080 ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 35,180 ha | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 28,980 ha | -17.6% |
| 2001 | 31,900 ha | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 29,130 ha | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 34,550 ha | +18.6% |
| 2004 | 39,506 ha | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 42,844 ha | +8.4% |
| 2006 | 43,290 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 43,664 ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 44,301 ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 44,791 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 49,455 ha | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 50,759 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 54,626 ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 56,254 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 54,427 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 58,120 ha | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 59,039 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 57,343 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 60,400 ha | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 62,673 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 61,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 59,462 ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 56,408 ha | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 63,145 ha | +11.9% |
| 2024 | 62,949 ha | -0.3% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 62,949 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 12.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 62,949 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,884 ha, 16.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,314 ha | 16,010 ha | 24,820 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,031 ha | 20,400 ha | 27,030 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,219 ha | 28,350 ha | 40,740 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,615 ha | 29,950 ha | 38,890 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,296 ha | 28,980 ha | 44,791 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,310 ha | 49,455 ha | 62,673 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 60,593 ha | 56,408 ha | 63,145 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 6 Senegal 92,607 ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 38,781 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 83,288 ha compare
- 8 Afghanistan 76,004 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 18,464 ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 14,041 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8,050 ha compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 47,452 ha compare
- 11 Mexico 38,623 ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,762 ha compare
- 12 Sudan 37,639 ha compare
More environment data for Algeria
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -26.91 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.401 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.01 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Algeria?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Algeria was 62,949 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 63,145 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,010 ha in 1961.
- How does Algeria rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 9th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.