Watermelons — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Watermelons — Area harvested was 46,842 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Central America is 46,842 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.0% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Central America peaked at 69,251 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 20,720 ha, in 1969.
That places Central America 19th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,490 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,778 ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 32,235 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 32,024 ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 30,610 ha | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 30,961 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 24,020 ha | -22.4% |
| 1968 | 21,377 ha | -11.0% |
| 1969 | 20,720 ha | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 21,923 ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 27,113 ha | +23.7% |
| 1972 | 27,935 ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 34,429 ha | +23.2% |
| 1974 | 28,667 ha | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 23,858 ha | -16.8% |
| 1976 | 26,540 ha | +11.2% |
| 1977 | 31,651 ha | +19.3% |
| 1978 | 36,522 ha | +15.4% |
| 1979 | 39,319 ha | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 34,489 ha | -12.3% |
| 1981 | 28,232 ha | -18.1% |
| 1982 | 36,376 ha | +28.8% |
| 1983 | 34,184 ha | -6.0% |
| 1984 | 41,952 ha | +22.7% |
| 1985 | 40,892 ha | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 39,187 ha | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 43,046 ha | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 41,959 ha | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 49,095 ha | +17.0% |
| 1990 | 40,964 ha | -16.6% |
| 1991 | 41,552 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 52,818 ha | +27.1% |
| 1993 | 40,968 ha | -22.4% |
| 1994 | 40,822 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 43,144 ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 43,526 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 50,224 ha | +15.4% |
| 1998 | 44,563 ha | -11.3% |
| 1999 | 51,990 ha | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 59,301 ha | +14.1% |
| 2001 | 54,654 ha | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 50,666 ha | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 54,744 ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 53,816 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 54,850 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 58,252 ha | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 63,391 ha | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 69,251 ha | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 52,496 ha | -24.2% |
| 2010 | 53,534 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 50,618 ha | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 47,477 ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 45,617 ha | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 43,694 ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 44,704 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 49,184 ha | +10.0% |
| 2017 | 53,021 ha | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 51,692 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 50,109 ha | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 47,253 ha | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 45,661 ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 45,944 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 49,842 ha | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 46,842 ha | -6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,802 ha | 20,720 ha | 32,235 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,796 ha | 21,923 ha | 39,319 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,941 ha | 28,232 ha | 49,095 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,057 ha | 40,822 ha | 52,818 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,142 ha | 50,666 ha | 69,251 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,965 ha | 43,694 ha | 53,534 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,108 ha | 45,661 ha | 49,842 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Central America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 24,240 1000 USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 61,301 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 95,489 million USD (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production 14.37 million m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production 4.46 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Central America?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Central America was 46,842 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 69,251 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,720 ha in 1969.
- How does Central America rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 19th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.