Watermelons — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Watermelons — Area harvested was 6,310 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Greece is 6,310 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 46.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Greece peaked at 29,010 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 6,310 ha, in 2024.
Greece ranks 46th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,174 ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,616 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 27,237 ha | +10.6% |
| 1964 | 29,010 ha | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 23,020 ha | -20.6% |
| 1966 | 27,720 ha | +20.4% |
| 1967 | 28,530 ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 28,320 ha | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 24,370 ha | -13.9% |
| 1970 | 26,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 24,800 ha | -6.4% |
| 1972 | 24,600 ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 23,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 26,000 ha | +10.6% |
| 1975 | 27,482 ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 21,200 ha | -22.9% |
| 1977 | 22,400 ha | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 23,100 ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 21,300 ha | -7.8% |
| 1980 | 19,900 ha | -6.6% |
| 1981 | 19,700 ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 17,700 ha | -10.2% |
| 1983 | 19,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 17,500 ha | -7.9% |
| 1985 | 18,425 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 17,700 ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 19,100 ha | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 18,800 ha | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 17,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 19,430 ha | +9.2% |
| 1991 | 15,200 ha | -21.8% |
| 1992 | 16,900 ha | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 17,721 ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 17,670 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 19,504 ha | +10.4% |
| 1996 | 18,493 ha | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 17,945 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 18,647 ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 18,113 ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 17,679 ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 17,359 ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 17,751 ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 17,943 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 17,866 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 17,452 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 16,653 ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 17,108 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 17,187 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 16,982 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 16,827 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 16,706 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 15,767 ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 15,706 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 11,691 ha | -25.6% |
| 2015 | 10,568 ha | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 9,296 ha | -12.0% |
| 2017 | 8,831 ha | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 9,620 ha | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 8,820 ha | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 8,770 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 10,300 ha | +17.4% |
| 2022 | 7,130 ha | -30.8% |
| 2023 | 6,430 ha | -9.8% |
| 2024 | 6,310 ha | -1.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 6,310 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 228 ha, 27.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Greece's 6,310 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 965 ha, 6.5× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,333 ha | 23,020 ha | 29,010 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,088 ha | 21,200 ha | 27,482 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,562 ha | 17,500 ha | 19,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,962 ha | 15,200 ha | 19,504 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,398 ha | 16,653 ha | 17,943 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,383 ha | 8,820 ha | 16,827 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,788 ha | 6,310 ha | 10,300 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More environment data for Greece
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.43 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.28 % 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 -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Greece?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Greece was 6,310 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 29,010 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,310 ha in 2024.
- How does Greece rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 46th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.