Watermelons — Area harvested in India
India: Watermelons — Area harvested was 127,811 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in India is 127,811 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 70.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in India peaked at 127,811 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,500 ha, in 1961.
That places India 4th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,800 ha | +4.6% |
| 1963 | 7,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 7,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 7,900 ha | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 8,400 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 8,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 8,900 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 9,500 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 9,900 ha | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 10,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 10,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 10,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 10,900 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 11,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 12,400 ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 13,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 14,300 ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 14,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 15,700 ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 16,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 16,194 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 26,826 ha | +65.7% |
| 1993 | 30,372 ha | +13.2% |
| 1994 | 33,578 ha | +10.6% |
| 1995 | 36,366 ha | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 38,898 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 41,276 ha | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 43,544 ha | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 45,719 ha | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 47,810 ha | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 49,822 ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 51,336 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 52,774 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 54,146 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 55,455 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 56,709 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 57,911 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 59,067 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 60,181 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 61,257 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 67,400 ha | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 71,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 81,000 ha | +14.1% |
| 2014 | 75,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 89,000 ha | +18.7% |
| 2016 | 95,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 91,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 101,000 ha | +11.0% |
| 2019 | 100,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 116,000 ha | +16.0% |
| 2021 | 119,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 120,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 126,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 127,811 ha | +1.4% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 127,811 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,023 ha, 21.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +65.7% | 16,194 ha | 26,826 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,600 ha | 6,500 ha | 8,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,310 ha | 8,900 ha | 11,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,010 ha | 12,000 ha | 15,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,877 ha | 16,000 ha | 45,719 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,521 ha | 47,810 ha | 60,181 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 83,166 ha | 61,257 ha | 101,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 121,762 ha | 116,000 ha | 127,811 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 China 1.46 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 1.45 million ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 63,267 ha compare
- 3 USSR 480,000 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56,048 ha compare
- 5 Russian Federation 106,017 ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 48,155 ha compare
- 6 Senegal 92,607 ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 38,781 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 83,288 ha compare
More environment data for India
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.92 % 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 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in India?
- Watermelons — area harvested in India was 127,811 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 127,811 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,500 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- India ranks 4th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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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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.