Watermelons — Area harvested in Hungary
Hungary: Watermelons — Area harvested was 3,680 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Hungary, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 3,680 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 27.8% on the previous year and down 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Hungary peaked at 16,227 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 2,490 ha, in 2022.
Hungary ranks 61st 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 Hungary, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,363 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,501 ha | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 11,157 ha | +17.4% |
| 1964 | 13,337 ha | +19.5% |
| 1965 | 11,312 ha | -15.2% |
| 1966 | 12,092 ha | +6.9% |
| 1967 | 10,025 ha | -17.1% |
| 1968 | 11,924 ha | +18.9% |
| 1969 | 11,040 ha | -7.4% |
| 1970 | 7,577 ha | -31.4% |
| 1971 | 7,960 ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 8,500 ha | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 9,200 ha | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 8,600 ha | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 6,700 ha | -22.1% |
| 1976 | 9,038 ha | +34.9% |
| 1977 | 9,698 ha | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 9,626 ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 11,634 ha | +20.9% |
| 1980 | 10,213 ha | -12.2% |
| 1981 | 10,480 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 10,551 ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 9,707 ha | -8.0% |
| 1984 | 9,759 ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 9,275 ha | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 9,604 ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 15,978 ha | +66.4% |
| 1988 | 14,314 ha | -10.4% |
| 1989 | 16,227 ha | +13.4% |
| 1990 | 7,681 ha | -52.7% |
| 1991 | 4,939 ha | -35.7% |
| 1992 | 4,873 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 5,556 ha | +14.0% |
| 1994 | 5,875 ha | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 6,929 ha | +17.9% |
| 1996 | 6,152 ha | -11.2% |
| 1997 | 5,538 ha | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 6,727 ha | +21.5% |
| 1999 | 7,255 ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 7,864 ha | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 8,290 ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 9,509 ha | +14.7% |
| 2003 | 11,192 ha | +17.7% |
| 2004 | 11,914 ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 10,167 ha | -14.7% |
| 2006 | 6,647 ha | -34.6% |
| 2007 | 7,900 ha | +18.9% |
| 2008 | 7,870 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 6,918 ha | -12.1% |
| 2010 | 5,800 ha | -16.2% |
| 2011 | 6,392 ha | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 6,080 ha | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 5,810 ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 6,120 ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 6,016 ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 5,406 ha | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 5,269 ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 5,090 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 5,120 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 3,740 ha | -27.0% |
| 2021 | 3,220 ha | -13.9% |
| 2022 | 2,490 ha | -22.7% |
| 2023 | 2,880 ha | +15.7% |
| 2024 | 3,680 ha | +27.8% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 3,680 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 228 ha, 16.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 3,680 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 965 ha, 3.8× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,195 ha | 9,501 ha | 13,337 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,853 ha | 6,700 ha | 11,634 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,611 ha | 9,275 ha | 16,227 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,152 ha | 4,873 ha | 7,681 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,827 ha | 6,647 ha | 11,914 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,710 ha | 5,090 ha | 6,392 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,202 ha | 2,490 ha | 3,740 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More environment data for Hungary
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.55 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.61 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.63 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.01 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 3.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.8159 % 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 -0.4968 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Hungary?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Hungary was 3,680 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 16,227 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,490 ha in 2022.
- How does Hungary rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Hungary ranks 61st out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hungary 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.