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 51st out of 143 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
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
- 48 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8,050 ha compare
- 49 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,762 ha compare
- 50 Romania 7,510 ha compare
- 52 Cameroon 7,460 ha compare
- 53 Thailand 6,893 ha compare
- 54 China, Taiwan Province of 6,706 ha compare
More environment data for Caribbean
- Standard Deviation 0.233 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production 739,529 m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 22,698 million USD (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production 384,456 m3 (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 152,436 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 1,299 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Production 6.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 152,566 m3 (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 1.32 million 1000 USD (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 51st out of 143 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.