Watermelons — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Watermelons — Area harvested was 215,764 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 215,764 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and down 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Europe peaked at 756,414 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 192,556 ha, in 2022.
Europe ranks 11th of 32 groups on this measure, 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 | 679,231 ha | 638,298 ha | 724,620 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 676,522 ha | 639,024 ha | 756,414 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 567,016 ha | 533,128 ha | 654,293 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 383,631 ha | 260,363 ha | 612,120 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 316,666 ha | 277,490 ha | 375,728 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 298,116 ha | 266,982 ha | 341,108 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 217,701 ha | 192,556 ha | 243,479 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 8 Afghanistan 76,004 ha compare
- 9 Türkiye 63,267 ha compare
- 10 Algeria 62,949 ha compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56,048 ha compare
- 12 Viet Nam 48,155 ha compare
- 13 Uzbekistan 47,452 ha compare
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 38,781 ha compare
More environment data for Europe
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 27,700 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 170,878 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 37.54 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 7.72 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.21 g/Int$ (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 15,732 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Europe?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Europe was 215,764 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 756,414 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 192,556 ha in 2022.
- How does Europe rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 11th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.