Watermelons — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Watermelons — Area harvested was 299,996 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 299,996 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 211.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 302,031 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 17,657 ha, in 1968.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 8th of 32 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 | 18,442 ha | 17,657 ha | 19,236 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,946 ha | 18,778 ha | 26,604 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,733 ha | 21,963 ha | 34,204 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 46,560 ha | 34,724 ha | 70,242 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,600 ha | 54,436 ha | 108,580 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 145,558 ha | 96,216 ha | 223,783 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 277,762 ha | 261,176 ha | 302,031 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 5 Russian Federation 106,017 ha compare
- 6 Senegal 92,607 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 83,288 ha compare
- 8 Afghanistan 76,004 ha compare
- 9 Türkiye 63,267 ha compare
- 10 Algeria 62,949 ha compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56,048 ha compare
More environment data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Agriculture — Area 836,181 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.82 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 3.21 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.08 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 2.04 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 11 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 26.79 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 223,929 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 299,996 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 302,031 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,657 ha in 1968.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 8th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 211.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.