Watermelons — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Watermelons — Area harvested was 3,884 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Israel recorded 3,884 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.5% on the previous year and down 49.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Israel peaked at 16,765 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 3,560 ha, in 2019.
That places Israel 60th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,085 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,885 ha | +19.6% |
| 1963 | 6,265 ha | +28.2% |
| 1964 | 5,405 ha | -13.7% |
| 1965 | 5,820 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 5,325 ha | -8.5% |
| 1967 | 5,265 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 5,620 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 7,360 ha | +31.0% |
| 1970 | 7,590 ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 7,025 ha | -7.4% |
| 1972 | 9,680 ha | +37.8% |
| 1973 | 6,690 ha | -30.9% |
| 1974 | 7,290 ha | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 7,940 ha | +8.9% |
| 1976 | 6,410 ha | -19.3% |
| 1977 | 5,820 ha | -9.2% |
| 1978 | 8,020 ha | +37.8% |
| 1979 | 5,580 ha | -30.4% |
| 1980 | 5,250 ha | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 5,470 ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 5,720 ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 6,190 ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 5,880 ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 5,740 ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 5,700 ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 6,410 ha | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 7,210 ha | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 7,850 ha | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 9,340 ha | +19.0% |
| 1991 | 14,126 ha | +51.2% |
| 1992 | 14,460 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 15,920 ha | +10.1% |
| 1994 | 16,760 ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 16,765 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 13,350 ha | -20.4% |
| 1997 | 15,550 ha | +16.5% |
| 1998 | 16,575 ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 14,230 ha | -14.1% |
| 2000 | 13,360 ha | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 13,710 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 15,530 ha | +13.3% |
| 2003 | 14,850 ha | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 10,760 ha | -27.5% |
| 2005 | 12,570 ha | +16.8% |
| 2006 | 11,450 ha | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 11,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 8,900 ha | -19.1% |
| 2009 | 10,000 ha | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 9,480 ha | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 8,351 ha | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 8,580 ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 7,808 ha | -9.0% |
| 2014 | 7,620 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 7,170 ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 5,553 ha | -22.6% |
| 2017 | 5,244 ha | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 4,147 ha | -20.9% |
| 2019 | 3,560 ha | -14.2% |
| 2020 | 3,826 ha | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 5,128 ha | +34.0% |
| 2022 | 4,237 ha | -17.4% |
| 2023 | 4,596 ha | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 3,884 ha | -15.5% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 3,884 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 228 ha, 17.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Israel's 3,884 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,884 ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,559 ha | 4,085 ha | 7,360 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,204 ha | 5,580 ha | 9,680 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,142 ha | 5,250 ha | 7,850 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,708 ha | 9,340 ha | 16,765 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,213 ha | 8,900 ha | 15,530 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,751 ha | 3,560 ha | 9,480 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,334 ha | 3,826 ha | 5,128 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More environment data for Israel
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -15.63 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.477 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.69 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.08 % 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 0.0542 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Israel?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Israel was 3,884 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 16,765 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,560 ha in 2019.
- How does Israel rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 60th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.