Watermelons — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Watermelons — Area harvested was 3,053 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Cuba, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Cuba stood at 3,053 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 40.1% on the previous year and down 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 10,800 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2,179 ha, in 2023.
That places Cuba 63rd 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 35 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3,700 ha | — |
| 1991 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 3,701 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3,767 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 2,979 ha | -20.9% |
| 1995 | 6,179 ha | +107.4% |
| 1996 | 4,081 ha | -34.0% |
| 1997 | 5,990 ha | +46.8% |
| 1998 | 7,324 ha | +22.3% |
| 1999 | 10,800 ha | +47.5% |
| 2000 | 8,230 ha | -23.8% |
| 2001 | 6,333 ha | -23.0% |
| 2002 | 7,260 ha | +14.6% |
| 2003 | 8,379 ha | +15.4% |
| 2004 | 9,769 ha | +16.6% |
| 2005 | 8,977 ha | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 7,967 ha | -11.3% |
| 2007 | 6,758 ha | -15.2% |
| 2008 | 8,549 ha | +26.5% |
| 2009 | 8,040 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 6,828 ha | -15.1% |
| 2011 | 6,870 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 4,523 ha | -34.2% |
| 2013 | 5,304 ha | +17.3% |
| 2014 | 5,009 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 6,180 ha | +23.4% |
| 2016 | 7,130 ha | +15.4% |
| 2017 | 6,106 ha | -14.4% |
| 2018 | 5,410 ha | -11.4% |
| 2019 | 4,444 ha | -17.9% |
| 2020 | 3,983 ha | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 3,328 ha | -16.4% |
| 2022 | 2,698 ha | -18.9% |
| 2023 | 2,179 ha | -19.2% |
| 2024 | 3,053 ha | +40.1% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 3,053 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 60% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 3,053 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,186 ha, 2.6× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,222 ha | 2,979 ha | 10,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,026 ha | 6,333 ha | 9,769 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,780 ha | 4,444 ha | 7,130 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,048 ha | 2,179 ha | 3,983 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More environment data for Cuba
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2020)
- 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 -1.97 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Cuba?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Cuba was 3,053 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 10,800 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,179 ha in 2023.
- How does Cuba rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 63rd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba 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.