Watermelons — Area harvested in China
China: Watermelons — Area harvested was 1.46 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in China, 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 is 1.46 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in China peaked at 1.87 million ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 278,715 ha, in 1970.
China ranks 1st of 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 536,160 ha | — |
| 1962 | 537,358 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 470,598 ha | -12.4% |
| 1964 | 420,239 ha | -10.7% |
| 1965 | 417,317 ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 404,186 ha | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 403,756 ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 384,113 ha | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 386,767 ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 278,715 ha | -27.9% |
| 1971 | 304,827 ha | +9.4% |
| 1972 | 283,908 ha | -6.9% |
| 1973 | 313,570 ha | +10.4% |
| 1974 | 301,081 ha | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 313,003 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 314,331 ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 326,672 ha | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 368,331 ha | +12.8% |
| 1979 | 359,462 ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 354,923 ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 384,336 ha | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 424,927 ha | +10.6% |
| 1983 | 443,799 ha | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 498,969 ha | +12.4% |
| 1985 | 727,575 ha | +45.8% |
| 1986 | 758,166 ha | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 840,954 ha | +10.9% |
| 1988 | 856,614 ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 721,364 ha | -15.8% |
| 1990 | 574,045 ha | -20.4% |
| 1991 | 609,549 ha | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 720,198 ha | +18.2% |
| 1993 | 890,537 ha | +23.7% |
| 1994 | 869,851 ha | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 883,123 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 980,099 ha | +11.0% |
| 1997 | 1.07 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 1.33 million ha | +24.3% |
| 1999 | 1.44 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 1.64 million ha | +14.0% |
| 2001 | 1.84 million ha | +12.0% |
| 2002 | 1.87 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 1.85 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 1.67 million ha | -9.6% |
| 2005 | 1.72 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 1.76 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 1.64 million ha | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 1.61 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 1.59 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 1.65 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 1.62 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 1.57 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 1.58 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.57 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.56 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 1.53 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 1.53 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.53 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.55 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1.54 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 1.48 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 1.49 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 1.49 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.46 million ha | -2.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 1.46 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 285.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- China's 1.46 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,036 ha, 361.4× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +45.8% | 498,969 ha | 727,575 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 440,055 ha | 384,113 ha | 537,358 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 316,390 ha | 278,715 ha | 368,331 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 601,163 ha | 354,923 ha | 856,614 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 937,503 ha | 574,045 ha | 1.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.72 million ha | 1.59 million ha | 1.87 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.57 million ha | 1.53 million ha | 1.65 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.49 million ha | 1.46 million ha | 1.54 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 2 China, mainland 1.45 million ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 63,267 ha compare
- 3 USSR 480,000 ha compare
- 4 India 127,811 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56,048 ha compare
More environment data for China
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 5.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8065 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.2517 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in China?
- Watermelons — area harvested in China was 1.46 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.87 million ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 278,715 ha in 1970.
- How does China rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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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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.