Watermelons — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Watermelons — Area harvested was 8,996 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Argentina stood at 8,996 ha.
That represents a change of down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 15,400 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 7,900 ha, in 1983.
Argentina ranks 37th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,595 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,988 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 14,201 ha | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 15,208 ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 15,109 ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 13,052 ha | -13.6% |
| 1967 | 14,570 ha | +11.6% |
| 1968 | 13,900 ha | -4.6% |
| 1969 | 14,500 ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 14,595 ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 14,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 13,180 ha | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 15,400 ha | +16.8% |
| 1974 | 11,800 ha | -23.4% |
| 1975 | 13,700 ha | +16.1% |
| 1976 | 12,890 ha | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 11,800 ha | -8.5% |
| 1978 | 13,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1979 | 12,100 ha | -6.9% |
| 1980 | 12,400 ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 8,900 ha | -28.2% |
| 1982 | 10,350 ha | +16.3% |
| 1983 | 7,900 ha | -23.7% |
| 1984 | 8,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8,900 ha | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 8,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 9,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 9,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 9,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 9,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 9,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 9,426 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 9,241 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 9,159 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 9,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 9,094 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 9,120 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 9,200 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 9,144 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 9,133 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 9,122 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 9,150 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 9,200 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 9,164 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 9,150 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 9,147 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 9,143 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 9,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 9,146 ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 9,190 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 9,087 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 9,037 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 9,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 8,963 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 8,925 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 8,891 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 9,007 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 9,005 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 9,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 8,996 ha | -0.0% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 8,996 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 1.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 8,996 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,186 ha, 7.6× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in Argentina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | -28.2% | 12,400 ha | 8,900 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,458 ha | 13,052 ha | 15,208 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,246 ha | 11,800 ha | 15,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,085 ha | 7,900 ha | 12,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,233 ha | 9,000 ha | 9,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,148 ha | 9,094 ha | 9,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,064 ha | 8,925 ha | 9,190 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,980 ha | 8,891 ha | 9,007 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Argentina
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.78 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.03 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.8814 % 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 0.8286 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Argentina?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Argentina was 8,996 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 15,400 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,900 ha in 1983.
- How does Argentina rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 37th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina 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.