Watermelons — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of
China, Taiwan Province of: Watermelons — Area harvested was 6,706 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of is 6,706 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of peaked at 24,166 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 6,160 ha, in 1961.
That places China, Taiwan Province of 45th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,944 ha | 6,160 ha | 11,767 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,890 ha | 11,081 ha | 19,462 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,163 ha | 18,799 ha | 24,166 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,516 ha | 18,363 ha | 21,549 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,677 ha | 11,799 ha | 19,757 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,810 ha | 9,020 ha | 11,871 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,336 ha | 6,706 ha | 8,213 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for China, Taiwan Province of
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.342 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.31 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 21.94 % (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 55 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.03 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Area 593.63 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 23.59 % (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 4,621 m3 (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 76.41 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Watermelons — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of was 6,706 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The highest recorded value was 24,166 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,160 ha in 1961.
- How does China, Taiwan Province of rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- China, Taiwan Province of ranks 45th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Taiwan Province of 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.