Watermelons — Area harvested in French Polynesia
French Polynesia: Watermelons — Area harvested was 45 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in French Polynesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
French Polynesia recorded 45 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 7.1% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in French Polynesia peaked at 160 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 38 ha, in 2019.
French Polynesia ranks 109th of 131 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in French Polynesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40 ha | — |
| 1962 | 45 ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 50 ha | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 60 ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 64 ha | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 68 ha | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 70 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 72 ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 75 ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 130 ha | +73.3% |
| 1972 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 125 ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 100 ha | -20.0% |
| 1975 | 90 ha | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 160 ha | +45.5% |
| 1986 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 140 ha | -12.5% |
| 1988 | 120 ha | -14.3% |
| 1989 | 100 ha | -16.7% |
| 1990 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 89 ha | -11.0% |
| 1992 | 82 ha | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 130 ha | +58.5% |
| 1994 | 60 ha | -53.8% |
| 1995 | 61 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 67 ha | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 54 ha | -19.4% |
| 1998 | 56 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 51 ha | -8.9% |
| 2000 | 52 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 61 ha | +17.3% |
| 2002 | 74 ha | +21.3% |
| 2003 | 85 ha | +14.9% |
| 2004 | 51 ha | -40.0% |
| 2005 | 98 ha | +92.2% |
| 2006 | 54 ha | -44.9% |
| 2007 | 64 ha | +18.5% |
| 2008 | 71 ha | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 59 ha | -16.9% |
| 2010 | 62 ha | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 56 ha | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 55 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 54 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 52 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 52 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 51 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 50 ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 49 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 38 ha | -22.4% |
| 2020 | 39 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 39 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 62 ha | +59.0% |
| 2023 | 42 ha | -32.3% |
| 2024 | 45 ha | +7.1% |
French Polynesia compared with similar countries
- French Polynesia's 45 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 228 ha, 20% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- French Polynesia's 45 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,036 ha, 1% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in French Polynesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +92.2% | 51 ha | 98 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58.22 ha | 40 ha | 72 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 105 ha | 75 ha | 130 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 119 ha | 100 ha | 160 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 75 ha | 51 ha | 130 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.9 ha | 51 ha | 98 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.9 ha | 38 ha | 62 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.4 ha | 39 ha | 62 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for French Polynesia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.42 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.863 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.57 % 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 1.08 % 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 French Polynesia?
- Watermelons — area harvested in French Polynesia was 45 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in French Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 160 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in French Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 38 ha in 2019.
- How does French Polynesia rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- French Polynesia ranks 109th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in French Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this French Polynesia 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.