Watermelons — Area harvested in Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde: Watermelons — Area harvested was 42 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Cabo Verde, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Cabo Verde is 42 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 43.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Cabo Verde peaked at 125 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 1996.
Cabo Verde ranks 27th of 28 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 Cabo Verde, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 10 ha | — |
| 1988 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 11 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 11 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 7 ha | -36.4% |
| 1992 | 19 ha | +171.4% |
| 1993 | 11 ha | -42.1% |
| 1994 | 10 ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 8 ha | -20.0% |
| 1996 | 5 ha | -37.5% |
| 1997 | 9 ha | +80.0% |
| 1998 | 5 ha | -44.4% |
| 1999 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 75 ha | +1400.0% |
| 2001 | 78 ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 80 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 82 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 80 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 87 ha | +8.8% |
| 2006 | 85 ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 90 ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 98 ha | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 95 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 119 ha | +25.3% |
| 2011 | 125 ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 72 ha | -42.4% |
| 2013 | 66 ha | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 74 ha | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 80 ha | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 68 ha | -15.0% |
| 2017 | 54 ha | -20.6% |
| 2018 | 42 ha | -22.2% |
| 2019 | 16 ha | -61.9% |
| 2020 | 57 ha | +256.2% |
| 2021 | 59 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 61 ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 41 ha | -32.8% |
| 2024 | 42 ha | +2.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in Cabo Verde 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +1400.0% | 5 ha | 75 ha |
| 2020 | +256.2% | 16 ha | 57 ha |
| 1992 | +171.4% | 7 ha | 19 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.33 ha | 10 ha | 11 ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 9 ha | 5 ha | 19 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 85 ha | 75 ha | 98 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.6 ha | 16 ha | 125 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 52 ha | 41 ha | 61 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cabo Verde
More environment data for Cabo Verde
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.02 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.95 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.65 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.422 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Area 72.43 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 18.59 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.14 ha/cap (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 2.47 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 25 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Cabo Verde?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Cabo Verde was 42 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Cabo Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 125 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Cabo Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 1996.
- How does Cabo Verde rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Cabo Verde ranks 27th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Cabo Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cabo Verde 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.