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 143 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.
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 |
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More environment data for India
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.00 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 14.13 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 63,080 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 37,519 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 768,863 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.05 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 1.10 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 1.34 million t (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 143 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.