Watermelons — Area harvested in France
France: Watermelons — Area harvested was 930 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
France recorded 930 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in France peaked at 940 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1982.
That places France 77th 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 France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 177 ha | — |
| 1962 | 165 ha | -6.8% |
| 1963 | 275 ha | +66.7% |
| 1964 | 260 ha | -5.5% |
| 1965 | 263 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 249 ha | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 237 ha | -4.8% |
| 1968 | 227 ha | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 314 ha | +38.3% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 250 ha | -16.7% |
| 1973 | 276 ha | +10.4% |
| 1974 | 266 ha | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 249 ha | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 242 ha | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 229 ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 225 ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 204 ha | -9.3% |
| 1980 | 147 ha | -27.9% |
| 1981 | 150 ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 100 ha | -33.3% |
| 1983 | 200 ha | +100.0% |
| 1984 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1986 | 200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1987 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1989 | 311 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 433 ha | +39.2% |
| 1991 | 616 ha | +42.3% |
| 1992 | 478 ha | -22.4% |
| 1993 | 363 ha | -24.1% |
| 1994 | 335 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 327 ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 340 ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 282 ha | -17.1% |
| 1998 | 270 ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 252 ha | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 206 ha | -18.3% |
| 2001 | 194 ha | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 199 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 192 ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 162 ha | -15.6% |
| 2005 | 173 ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 176 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 679 ha | +285.8% |
| 2008 | 683 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 641 ha | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 839 ha | +30.9% |
| 2011 | 834 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 822 ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 815 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 798 ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 866 ha | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 910 ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 933 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 940 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 640 ha | -31.9% |
| 2020 | 900 ha | +40.6% |
| 2021 | 880 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 920 ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 930 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 930 ha | +0.0% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 930 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 228 ha, 4.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- France's 930 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 965 ha, 96% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in France 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +285.8% | 176 ha | 679 ha |
| 1983 | +100.0% | 100 ha | 200 ha |
| 1963 | +66.7% | 165 ha | 275 ha |
| 1985 | +50.0% | 200 ha | 300 ha |
| 1988 | +50.0% | 200 ha | 300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 240.78 ha | 165 ha | 314 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 254.1 ha | 204 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 210.8 ha | 100 ha | 311 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 369.6 ha | 252 ha | 616 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 330.5 ha | 162 ha | 683 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 839.7 ha | 640 ha | 940 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 912 ha | 880 ha | 930 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
More environment data for France
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.427 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.31 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -3.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.23 % 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 -0.1777 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in France?
- Watermelons — area harvested in France was 930 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 940 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1982.
- How does France rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- France ranks 77th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this France 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.