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 35th of 143 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
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
- 32 Serbia and Montenegro 18,456 ha compare
- 33 Sudan (former) 16,968 ha compare
- 34 Iraq 15,543 ha compare
- 36 United Republic of Tanzania 14,041 ha compare
- 37 Colombia 13,142 ha compare
- 38 Azerbaijan 11,997 ha compare
More environment data for Italy
- Standard Deviation 0.324 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 6.83 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 7.18 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 109,022 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 38,588 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 2.20 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 2.08 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 3.21 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 3.51 million t (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 35th out of 143 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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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.