Watermelons — Area harvested in Fiji
Fiji: Watermelons — Area harvested was 693 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Fiji, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Fiji stood at 693 ha. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Fiji peaked at 693 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1993.
Fiji ranks 80th of 131 countries on this measure, 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 Fiji, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 100 ha | — |
| 1994 | 123 ha | +23.0% |
| 1995 | 140 ha | +13.8% |
| 1996 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 130 ha | -13.3% |
| 1998 | 176 ha | +35.4% |
| 1999 | 200 ha | +13.6% |
| 2000 | 191 ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 197 ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 209 ha | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 202 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 201 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 205 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 202 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 186 ha | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 137 ha | -26.3% |
| 2009 | 120 ha | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 359 ha | +199.2% |
| 2011 | 214 ha | -40.4% |
| 2012 | 135 ha | -36.9% |
| 2013 | 464 ha | +243.7% |
| 2014 | 511 ha | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 204 ha | -60.1% |
| 2016 | 191 ha | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 201 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 239 ha | +18.9% |
| 2019 | 274 ha | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 430 ha | +56.9% |
| 2021 | 376 ha | -12.6% |
| 2022 | 564 ha | +50.0% |
| 2023 | 680 ha | +20.6% |
| 2024 | 693 ha | +1.9% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 693 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 14% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 693 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,036 ha, 17% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in Fiji changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +243.7% | 135 ha | 464 ha |
| 2010 | +199.2% | 120 ha | 359 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 145.57 ha | 100 ha | 200 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 185 ha | 120 ha | 209 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 279.2 ha | 135 ha | 511 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 548.6 ha | 376 ha | 693 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
More environment data for Fiji
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.219 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.31 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.85 % 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 2.25 % 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 Fiji?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Fiji was 693 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 693 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1993.
- How does Fiji rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Fiji ranks 80th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Fiji 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.