Watermelons — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Watermelons — Area harvested was 8,728 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Morocco is 8,728 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 39.8% on the previous year and down 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 19,600 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 6,000 ha, in 1963.
Morocco ranks 40th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 7,467 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 6,236 ha | -16.5% |
| 1967 | 6,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 12,000 ha | +71.4% |
| 1971 | 7,200 ha | -40.0% |
| 1972 | 7,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 7,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,300 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 7,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 7,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 7,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 7,700 ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 8,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1984 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1985 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 14,700 ha | +13.1% |
| 1988 | 15,200 ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 15,741 ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 17,046 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 16,248 ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 12,580 ha | -22.6% |
| 1993 | 12,600 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 14,480 ha | +14.9% |
| 1995 | 10,350 ha | -28.5% |
| 1996 | 12,700 ha | +22.7% |
| 1997 | 13,350 ha | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 12,470 ha | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 10,875 ha | -12.8% |
| 2000 | 9,640 ha | -11.4% |
| 2001 | 10,965 ha | +13.7% |
| 2002 | 12,450 ha | +13.5% |
| 2003 | 14,500 ha | +16.5% |
| 2004 | 19,600 ha | +35.2% |
| 2005 | 12,963 ha | -33.9% |
| 2006 | 18,835 ha | +45.3% |
| 2007 | 15,732 ha | -16.5% |
| 2008 | 16,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 17,852 ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 13,539 ha | -24.2% |
| 2011 | 15,407 ha | +13.8% |
| 2012 | 14,159 ha | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 14,104 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 15,969 ha | +13.2% |
| 2015 | 18,120 ha | +13.5% |
| 2016 | 12,231 ha | -32.5% |
| 2017 | 16,680 ha | +36.4% |
| 2018 | 18,941 ha | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 17,430 ha | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 16,812 ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 19,206 ha | +14.2% |
| 2022 | 14,258 ha | -25.8% |
| 2023 | 14,502 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 8,728 ha | -39.8% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 8,728 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,023 ha, 1.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 8,728 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,884 ha, 2.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,967 ha | 6,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,790 ha | 7,200 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,334 ha | 7,700 ha | 15,741 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,270 ha | 10,350 ha | 17,046 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,944 ha | 9,640 ha | 19,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,658 ha | 12,231 ha | 18,941 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,701 ha | 8,728 ha | 19,206 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Morocco
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.84 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.521 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.14 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.3488 % 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 -1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Morocco?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Morocco was 8,728 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 19,600 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Morocco rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 40th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.