Watermelons — Area harvested in Dominica
Dominica: Watermelons — Area harvested was 22 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Dominica, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Dominica is 22 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Dominica peaked at 28 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 12 ha, in 1991.
That places Dominica 112th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Dominica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 12 ha | — |
| 1992 | 14 ha | +16.7% |
| 1993 | 13 ha | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 14 ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 15 ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 17 ha | +13.3% |
| 2004 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 21 ha | +23.5% |
| 2010 | 20 ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 28 ha | +40.0% |
| 2012 | 17 ha | -39.3% |
| 2013 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 20 ha | +17.6% |
| 2016 | 21 ha | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 22 ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 21 ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 22 ha | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 21 ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 22 ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 22 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 0% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 22 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,186 ha, 2% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14 ha | 12 ha | 15 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 16.8 ha | 15 ha | 21 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.4 ha | 17 ha | 28 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.6 ha | 21 ha | 22 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 109 French Polynesia 45 ha compare
- 110 Slovenia 30 ha compare
- 111 Bahrain 25 ha compare
- 112 Antigua and Barbuda 22 ha compare
- 112 Kuwait 22 ha compare
- 115 Brunei Darussalam 19 ha compare
More environment data for Dominica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.258 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.2 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.08 % 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 % 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 Dominica?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Dominica was 22 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 28 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 ha in 1991.
- How does Dominica rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Dominica ranks 112th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica 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.