Watermelons — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Watermelons — Area harvested was 15,510 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Italy is 15,510 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Italy peaked at 28,908 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 10,056 ha, in 2012.
Italy ranks 30th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,010 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,408 ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 24,381 ha | +25.6% |
| 1964 | 23,755 ha | -2.6% |
| 1965 | 23,989 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 25,975 ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 26,509 ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 27,794 ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 27,868 ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 28,908 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 27,096 ha | -6.3% |
| 1972 | 26,830 ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 26,419 ha | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 23,985 ha | -9.2% |
| 1975 | 24,248 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 24,642 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 23,537 ha | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 23,945 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 25,159 ha | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 22,687 ha | -9.8% |
| 1981 | 22,197 ha | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 22,011 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 23,549 ha | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 23,616 ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 22,732 ha | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 22,181 ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 21,023 ha | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 20,462 ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 20,842 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 19,772 ha | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 20,528 ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 21,592 ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 20,682 ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 18,005 ha | -12.9% |
| 1995 | 18,353 ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 18,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 17,409 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 17,403 ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 13,974 ha | -19.7% |
| 2000 | 14,842 ha | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 14,959 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 15,469 ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 14,815 ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 14,516 ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 14,193 ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 12,773 ha | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 11,141 ha | -12.8% |
| 2008 | 11,091 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 11,261 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 12,622 ha | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 10,719 ha | -15.1% |
| 2012 | 10,056 ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 11,778 ha | +17.1% |
| 2014 | 11,424 ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 11,580 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 12,205 ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 12,840 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 13,140 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 13,730 ha | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 13,450 ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 13,250 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 12,390 ha | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 15,170 ha | +22.4% |
| 2024 | 15,510 ha | +2.2% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 15,510 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 228 ha, 68.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Italy's 15,510 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 965 ha, 16.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,299 ha | 19,010 ha | 27,868 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,477 ha | 23,537 ha | 28,908 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,130 ha | 20,462 ha | 23,616 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,572 ha | 13,974 ha | 21,592 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,506 ha | 11,091 ha | 15,469 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,009 ha | 10,056 ha | 13,730 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,954 ha | 12,390 ha | 15,510 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 27 Cabo Verde 42 ha compare
- 27 Serbia and Montenegro 18,456 ha compare
- 28 Sudan (former) 16,968 ha compare
- 29 Iraq 15,543 ha compare
- 31 Colombia 13,142 ha compare
- 32 Azerbaijan 11,997 ha compare
- 33 Philippines 10,925 ha compare
More environment data for Italy
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.324 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 6.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.94 % 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 -0.2257 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Italy?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Italy was 15,510 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 28,908 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,056 ha in 2012.
- How does Italy rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 30th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.