Watermelons — Area harvested in Kuwait
Kuwait: Watermelons — Area harvested was 22 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Kuwait, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Kuwait is 22 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.7% on the previous year and down 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Kuwait peaked at 116 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Kuwait ranks 112th of 131 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 1 ha | — |
| 1977 | 2 ha | +100.0% |
| 1978 | 5 ha | +150.0% |
| 1979 | 6 ha | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 20 ha | +233.3% |
| 1981 | 32 ha | +60.0% |
| 1982 | 35 ha | +9.4% |
| 1983 | 32 ha | -8.6% |
| 1984 | 116 ha | +262.5% |
| 1985 | 52 ha | -55.2% |
| 1986 | 43 ha | -17.3% |
| 1987 | 53 ha | +23.3% |
| 1988 | 63 ha | +18.9% |
| 1989 | 46 ha | -27.0% |
| 1990 | 35 ha | -23.9% |
| 1991 | 10 ha | -71.4% |
| 1992 | 4 ha | -60.0% |
| 1993 | 24 ha | +500.0% |
| 1994 | 16 ha | -33.3% |
| 1995 | 28 ha | +75.0% |
| 1996 | 30 ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 21 ha | -30.0% |
| 1998 | 15 ha | -28.6% |
| 1999 | 20 ha | +33.3% |
| 2000 | 11 ha | -45.0% |
| 2001 | 12 ha | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 11 ha | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 8 ha | -27.3% |
| 2005 | 19 ha | +137.5% |
| 2006 | 49 ha | +157.9% |
| 2007 | 29 ha | -40.8% |
| 2008 | 27 ha | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 13 ha | -51.9% |
| 2010 | 13 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 25 ha | +92.3% |
| 2012 | 24 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 19 ha | -20.8% |
| 2014 | 34 ha | +78.9% |
| 2015 | 44 ha | +29.4% |
| 2016 | 20 ha | -54.5% |
| 2017 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 2018 | 24 ha | -20.0% |
| 2019 | 13 ha | -45.8% |
| 2020 | 20 ha | +53.8% |
| 2021 | 19 ha | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 10 ha | -47.4% |
| 2023 | 30 ha | +200.0% |
| 2024 | 22 ha | -26.7% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 22 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 228 ha, 10% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 22 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,884 ha, 1% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in Kuwait 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +500.0% | 4 ha | 24 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.4 ha | 0 ha | 6 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49.2 ha | 20 ha | 116 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.3 ha | 4 ha | 35 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.1 ha | 8 ha | 49 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.6 ha | 13 ha | 44 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.2 ha | 10 ha | 30 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 109 French Polynesia 45 ha compare
- 110 Slovenia 30 ha compare
- 111 Bahrain 25 ha compare
- 112 Antigua and Barbuda 22 ha compare
- 112 Dominica 22 ha compare
- 115 Brunei Darussalam 19 ha compare
More environment data for Kuwait
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -57.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -61.88 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.516 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.24 % 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 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Kuwait?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Kuwait was 22 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 116 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Kuwait rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Kuwait ranks 112th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.