Watermelons — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Watermelons — Area harvested was 3,026 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, 2010–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 3,026 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 23.4% on the previous year and up 404.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 3,026 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 2010.
That places Dominican Republic 64th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 400 ha | — |
| 2011 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2012 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 2013 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 2014 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2018 | 889 ha | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 1,008 ha | +13.4% |
| 2020 | 1,115 ha | +10.6% |
| 2021 | 1,139 ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 2,058 ha | +80.7% |
| 2023 | 2,453 ha | +19.2% |
| 2024 | 3,026 ha | +23.4% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 3,026 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 59% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 3,026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 689.7 ha | 400 ha | 1,008 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,958 ha | 1,115 ha | 3,026 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Dominican Republic
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.57 % 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 0.0836 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 3,026 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 3,026 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 2010.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 64th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 404.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.