Watermelons — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Watermelons — Area harvested was 63,916 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in European Union (27) is 63,916 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and down 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 137,616 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 57,050 ha, in 2022.
European Union (27) ranks 19th 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 | 106,514 ha | 96,869 ha | 113,924 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 106,418 ha | 101,213 ha | 114,477 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 105,804 ha | 101,111 ha | 110,053 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 112,984 ha | 94,901 ha | 137,616 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 100,413 ha | 84,170 ha | 131,176 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 78,750 ha | 73,821 ha | 87,257 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,861 ha | 57,050 ha | 68,151 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 16 Sudan 37,639 ha compare
- 17 Kazakhstan 36,943 ha compare
- 18 Yugoslav SFR 34,200 ha compare
- 19 Pakistan 31,694 ha compare
- 20 Indonesia 31,158 ha compare
- 21 Turkmenistan 27,928 ha compare
- 22 Niger 26,001 ha compare
More environment data for European Union (27)
- Standard Deviation 0.429 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.31 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 17.28 kg/ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 431,318 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 4.18 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 5.46 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 3.99 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 5.35 kg/cap (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 3.11 million 1000 USD (1989)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 6.99 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Watermelons — area harvested in European Union (27) was 63,916 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 137,616 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 57,050 ha in 2022.
- How does European Union (27) rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 19th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.