Watermelons — Area harvested in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Watermelons — Area harvested was 65 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in New Caledonia, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in New Caledonia is 65 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.0% on the previous year and up 51.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in New Caledonia peaked at 88 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 19 ha, in 1991.
New Caledonia ranks 103rd of 131 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 19 ha | — |
| 1992 | 31 ha | +63.2% |
| 1993 | 21 ha | -32.3% |
| 1994 | 22 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 28 ha | +27.3% |
| 1996 | 29 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 50 ha | +72.4% |
| 1998 | 37 ha | -26.0% |
| 1999 | 23 ha | -37.8% |
| 2000 | 43 ha | +87.0% |
| 2001 | 45 ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 40 ha | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 40 ha | -33.3% |
| 2006 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 40 ha | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 37 ha | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 46 ha | +24.3% |
| 2011 | 41 ha | -10.9% |
| 2012 | 40 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 47 ha | +17.5% |
| 2014 | 43 ha | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 79 ha | +83.7% |
| 2016 | 63 ha | -20.3% |
| 2017 | 66 ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 68 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 71 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 88 ha | +23.9% |
| 2021 | 55 ha | -37.5% |
| 2022 | 36 ha | -34.5% |
| 2023 | 52 ha | +44.4% |
| 2024 | 65 ha | +25.0% |
New Caledonia compared with similar countries
- New Caledonia's 65 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 228 ha, 29% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- New Caledonia's 65 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,036 ha, 2% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.89 ha | 19 ha | 50 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 44.5 ha | 37 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.4 ha | 40 ha | 79 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.2 ha | 36 ha | 88 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for New Caledonia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 7.82 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 8.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.314 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.69 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.61 % 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 -0.3712 % 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 New Caledonia?
- Watermelons — area harvested in New Caledonia was 65 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 88 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 ha in 1991.
- How does New Caledonia rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- New Caledonia ranks 103rd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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.