Watermelons — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Watermelons — Area harvested was 7 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Bhutan, 2009–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 7 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.5% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 24 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1 ha, in 2009.
Bhutan ranks 118th of 131 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 ha | — |
| 2010 | 5 ha | +400.0% |
| 2011 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6 ha | +20.0% |
| 2014 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7 ha | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8 ha | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 10 ha | +25.0% |
| 2019 | 9 ha | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 14 ha | +55.6% |
| 2021 | 24 ha | +71.4% |
| 2022 | 16 ha | -33.3% |
| 2023 | 8 ha | -50.0% |
| 2024 | 7 ha | -12.5% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 7 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,023 ha, 0% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +400.0% | 1 ha | 5 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 |
| 2010s | 6.8 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.8 ha | 7 ha | 24 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 115 Brunei Darussalam 19 ha compare
- 116 Saint Lucia 14 ha compare
- 117 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10 ha compare
- 119 Cook Islands 3 ha compare
- 119 Djibouti 3 ha compare
- 121 Belgium 0 ha
- 121 Denmark 0 ha
- 121 Estonia 0 ha
- 121 Finland 0 ha
- 121 Germany 0 ha
- 121 Ireland 0 ha
- 121 Latvia 0 ha
- 121 Lithuania 0 ha
- 121 Luxembourg 0 ha
- 121 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 ha
- 121 Sweden 0 ha
More environment data for Bhutan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2782 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.5977 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.08 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.487 % 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 -5.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Bhutan was 7 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 24 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 ha in 2009.
- How does Bhutan rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 118th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.