Watermelons — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Watermelons — Area harvested was 434,302 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 434,302 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 125.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 434,302 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 46,437 ha, in 1966.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54,150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 67,929 ha | +25.4% |
| 1963 | 89,574 ha | +31.9% |
| 1964 | 67,022 ha | -25.2% |
| 1965 | 58,523 ha | -12.7% |
| 1966 | 46,437 ha | -20.7% |
| 1967 | 82,013 ha | +76.6% |
| 1968 | 85,640 ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 83,764 ha | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 56,075 ha | -33.1% |
| 1971 | 59,366 ha | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 77,755 ha | +31.0% |
| 1973 | 60,797 ha | -21.8% |
| 1974 | 94,647 ha | +55.7% |
| 1975 | 93,876 ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 108,295 ha | +15.4% |
| 1977 | 111,328 ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 109,903 ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 94,979 ha | -13.6% |
| 1980 | 125,550 ha | +32.2% |
| 1981 | 128,190 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 128,462 ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 123,750 ha | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 94,460 ha | -23.7% |
| 1985 | 125,651 ha | +33.0% |
| 1986 | 115,462 ha | -8.1% |
| 1987 | 108,688 ha | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 98,120 ha | -9.7% |
| 1989 | 70,276 ha | -28.4% |
| 1990 | 68,530 ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 71,460 ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 160,548 ha | +124.7% |
| 1993 | 134,690 ha | -16.1% |
| 1994 | 132,258 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 135,835 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 128,821 ha | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 137,017 ha | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 153,322 ha | +11.9% |
| 1999 | 148,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 141,340 ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 125,470 ha | -11.2% |
| 2002 | 138,506 ha | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 160,325 ha | +15.8% |
| 2004 | 165,910 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 159,880 ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 163,979 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 175,623 ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 175,625 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 216,600 ha | +23.3% |
| 2010 | 221,848 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 200,920 ha | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 210,003 ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 193,702 ha | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 192,774 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 248,392 ha | +28.9% |
| 2016 | 306,359 ha | +23.3% |
| 2017 | 275,041 ha | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 296,800 ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 313,152 ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 375,536 ha | +19.9% |
| 2021 | 388,287 ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 391,215 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 420,554 ha | +7.5% |
| 2024 | 434,302 ha | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70,561 ha | 46,437 ha | 89,574 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 86,702 ha | 56,075 ha | 111,328 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 111,861 ha | 70,276 ha | 128,462 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 127,048 ha | 68,530 ha | 160,548 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 162,326 ha | 125,470 ha | 216,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 245,899 ha | 192,774 ha | 313,152 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 401,979 ha | 375,536 ha | 434,302 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.238 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.89 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 12.73 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 316,092 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1.96 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 863,406 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 224,322 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 434,302 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 434,302 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,437 ha in 1966.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 3rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 125.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.