Watermelons — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Watermelons — Area harvested was 4,264 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 4,264 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.9% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 5,163 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,372 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 57th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,372 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,382 ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 1,392 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 1,444 ha | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 1,440 ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 1,496 ha | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 1,756 ha | +17.4% |
| 1968 | 1,860 ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 1,836 ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 1,704 ha | -7.2% |
| 1971 | 2,166 ha | +27.1% |
| 1972 | 2,402 ha | +10.9% |
| 1973 | 2,180 ha | -9.2% |
| 1974 | 1,997 ha | -8.4% |
| 1975 | 1,821 ha | -8.8% |
| 1976 | 2,039 ha | +12.0% |
| 1977 | 2,446 ha | +20.0% |
| 1978 | 2,818 ha | +15.2% |
| 1979 | 2,637 ha | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 2,647 ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 1,857 ha | -29.8% |
| 1982 | 2,121 ha | +14.2% |
| 1983 | 2,723 ha | +28.4% |
| 1984 | 2,782 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 2,922 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 3,062 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 2,935 ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 3,284 ha | +11.9% |
| 1989 | 3,395 ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 3,631 ha | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 4,299 ha | +18.4% |
| 1992 | 3,905 ha | -9.2% |
| 1993 | 3,996 ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 4,141 ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 4,243 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 4,528 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 4,596 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 4,234 ha | -7.9% |
| 1999 | 4,425 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 5,096 ha | +15.2% |
| 2001 | 5,163 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 4,705 ha | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 4,570 ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 3,976 ha | -13.0% |
| 2005 | 4,287 ha | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 4,909 ha | +14.5% |
| 2007 | 4,671 ha | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 4,688 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 4,409 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 4,390 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 4,348 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 4,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 4,482 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 4,273 ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 3,978 ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 4,240 ha | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 4,228 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 4,190 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 4,156 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 4,196 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 4,324 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 4,117 ha | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 3,648 ha | -11.4% |
| 2024 | 4,264 ha | +16.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,553 ha | 1,372 ha | 1,860 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,221 ha | 1,704 ha | 2,818 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,773 ha | 1,857 ha | 3,395 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,200 ha | 3,631 ha | 4,596 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,647 ha | 3,976 ha | 5,163 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,268 ha | 3,978 ha | 4,482 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,110 ha | 3,648 ha | 4,324 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 187.5 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 31,787 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 1.01 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 4,264 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 5,163 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,372 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 57th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.