Watermelons — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Watermelons — Area harvested was 7,506 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 7,506 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.5% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 11,755 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 105 ha, in 1966.
That places Caribbean 24th out of 28 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 130 ha | — |
| 1962 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 1963 | 130 ha | -13.3% |
| 1964 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 135 ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 105 ha | -22.2% |
| 1967 | 187 ha | +78.1% |
| 1968 | 202 ha | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 227 ha | +12.4% |
| 1970 | 342 ha | +50.7% |
| 1971 | 350 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 261 ha | -25.4% |
| 1973 | 239 ha | -8.4% |
| 1974 | 279 ha | +16.7% |
| 1975 | 264 ha | -5.4% |
| 1976 | 322 ha | +22.0% |
| 1977 | 590 ha | +83.2% |
| 1978 | 473 ha | -19.8% |
| 1979 | 335 ha | -29.2% |
| 1980 | 315 ha | -6.0% |
| 1981 | 345 ha | +9.5% |
| 1982 | 254 ha | -26.4% |
| 1983 | 316 ha | +24.4% |
| 1984 | 387 ha | +22.5% |
| 1985 | 335 ha | -13.4% |
| 1986 | 261 ha | -22.1% |
| 1987 | 379 ha | +45.2% |
| 1988 | 384 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 512 ha | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 4,202 ha | +720.7% |
| 1991 | 4,177 ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 4,338 ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 4,450 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 3,904 ha | -12.3% |
| 1995 | 7,153 ha | +83.2% |
| 1996 | 5,122 ha | -28.4% |
| 1997 | 6,996 ha | +36.6% |
| 1998 | 8,521 ha | +21.8% |
| 1999 | 11,755 ha | +38.0% |
| 2000 | 8,941 ha | -23.9% |
| 2001 | 7,510 ha | -16.0% |
| 2002 | 7,932 ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 9,290 ha | +17.1% |
| 2004 | 10,418 ha | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 9,801 ha | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 8,982 ha | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 7,554 ha | -15.9% |
| 2008 | 9,597 ha | +27.0% |
| 2009 | 9,266 ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 8,364 ha | -9.7% |
| 2011 | 8,672 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 6,281 ha | -27.6% |
| 2013 | 7,286 ha | +16.0% |
| 2014 | 7,077 ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 8,347 ha | +17.9% |
| 2016 | 9,352 ha | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 8,507 ha | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 7,842 ha | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 6,994 ha | -10.8% |
| 2020 | 6,422 ha | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 5,769 ha | -10.2% |
| 2022 | 6,123 ha | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 6,076 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 7,506 ha | +23.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +720.7% | 512 ha | 4,202 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 155.11 ha | 105 ha | 227 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 345.5 ha | 239 ha | 590 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 348.8 ha | 254 ha | 512 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,062 ha | 3,904 ha | 11,755 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,929 ha | 7,510 ha | 10,418 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,872 ha | 6,281 ha | 9,352 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,379 ha | 5,769 ha | 7,506 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
More environment data for Caribbean
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.233 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 6.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 5.69 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 566,466 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 264 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 1,299 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Caribbean was 7,506 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 11,755 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 105 ha in 1966.
- How does Caribbean rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 24th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.