Watermelons — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Watermelons — Area harvested was 4,036 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Australia stood at 4,036 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.0% on the previous year and up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Australia peaked at 4,950 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,352 ha, in 1961.
Australia ranks 58th of 131 countries on this measure, 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,352 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,352 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,352 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,404 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 1,404 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,456 ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 1,716 ha | +17.9% |
| 1968 | 1,820 ha | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 1,786 ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 1,654 ha | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 2,106 ha | +27.3% |
| 1972 | 2,332 ha | +10.7% |
| 1973 | 2,100 ha | -9.9% |
| 1974 | 1,907 ha | -9.2% |
| 1975 | 1,721 ha | -9.8% |
| 1976 | 1,939 ha | +12.7% |
| 1977 | 2,346 ha | +21.0% |
| 1978 | 2,701 ha | +15.1% |
| 1979 | 2,510 ha | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 2,487 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 1,533 ha | -38.4% |
| 1982 | 1,822 ha | +18.9% |
| 1983 | 2,473 ha | +35.7% |
| 1984 | 2,582 ha | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 2,772 ha | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 2,945 ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 2,779 ha | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 3,082 ha | +10.9% |
| 1989 | 3,196 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 3,376 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 4,039 ha | +19.6% |
| 1992 | 3,633 ha | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 3,724 ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 3,891 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 3,963 ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 4,228 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 4,346 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 3,984 ha | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 4,175 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 4,846 ha | +16.1% |
| 2001 | 4,950 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 4,470 ha | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 4,335 ha | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 3,736 ha | -13.8% |
| 2005 | 4,043 ha | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 4,664 ha | +15.4% |
| 2007 | 4,421 ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 4,430 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 4,168 ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 4,149 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 4,109 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 4,162 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 4,245 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 4,035 ha | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 3,742 ha | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 4,007 ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 3,995 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 3,959 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 3,926 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 3,970 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 4,096 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 3,889 ha | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 3,420 ha | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 4,036 ha | +18.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 4,036 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 228 ha, 17.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Australia's 4,036 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,036 ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,516 ha | 1,352 ha | 1,820 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,132 ha | 1,654 ha | 2,701 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,567 ha | 1,533 ha | 3,196 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,936 ha | 3,376 ha | 4,346 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,406 ha | 3,736 ha | 4,950 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,033 ha | 3,742 ha | 4,245 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,882 ha | 3,420 ha | 4,096 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % 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 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Australia?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Australia was 4,036 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,950 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,352 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 58th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.