Watermelons — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Watermelons — Area harvested was 2.21 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Asia stood at 2.21 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Asia peaked at 2.64 million ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 741,152 ha, in 1970.
Asia ranks 2nd of 32 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 879,858 ha | 827,780 ha | 939,113 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 862,742 ha | 741,152 ha | 957,101 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.25 million ha | 1.00 million ha | 1.52 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.61 million ha | 1.09 million ha | 2.15 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.48 million ha | 2.32 million ha | 2.64 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.34 million ha | 2.23 million ha | 2.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.24 million ha | 2.21 million ha | 2.31 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 China 1.46 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 1.45 million ha compare
- 3 USSR 480,000 ha compare
- 4 India 127,811 ha compare
- 5 Russian Federation 106,017 ha compare
More environment data for Asia
- Temperature change 1.83 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production 213.39 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 389,605 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 400.22 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 10.14 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 66.09 million m3 (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood — Production 80.38 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 3.36 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 6.7 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Asia?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Asia was 2.21 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.64 million ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 741,152 ha in 1970.
- How does Asia rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 2nd out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.