Watermelons — Area harvested in Namibia
Namibia: Watermelons — Area harvested was 324 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Namibia, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 324 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Namibia peaked at 500 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 120 ha, in 1997.
Namibia ranks 88th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Namibia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 120 ha | — |
| 1998 | 153 ha | +27.5% |
| 1999 | 158 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 163 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 167 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 149 ha | -10.8% |
| 2003 | 168 ha | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 160 ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 240 ha | +50.0% |
| 2006 | 320 ha | +33.3% |
| 2007 | 410 ha | +28.1% |
| 2008 | 500 ha | +22.0% |
| 2009 | 300 ha | -40.0% |
| 2010 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 304 ha | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 220 ha | -27.6% |
| 2013 | 268 ha | +21.8% |
| 2014 | 327 ha | +22.0% |
| 2015 | 352 ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 316 ha | -10.2% |
| 2017 | 332 ha | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 317 ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 322 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 329 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 323 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 324 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 325 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 324 ha | -0.3% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 324 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,023 ha, 5% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 324 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,701 ha, 6% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 143.67 ha | 120 ha | 158 ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 257.7 ha | 149 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 307.8 ha | 220 ha | 352 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 325 ha | 323 ha | 329 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More environment data for Namibia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % 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 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Namibia?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Namibia was 324 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 500 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 120 ha in 1997.
- How does Namibia rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Namibia ranks 88th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.