Watermelons — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Watermelons — Area harvested was 155,043 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 155,043 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 191,245 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 59,252 ha, in 1961.
Northern Africa ranks 14th of 32 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,090 ha | 59,252 ha | 82,217 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 102,624 ha | 86,137 ha | 118,041 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 126,084 ha | 106,482 ha | 148,950 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 139,211 ha | 118,560 ha | 156,209 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 169,846 ha | 141,610 ha | 190,854 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 176,993 ha | 159,217 ha | 191,245 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 165,406 ha | 155,043 ha | 179,593 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56,048 ha compare
- 12 Viet Nam 48,155 ha compare
- 13 Uzbekistan 47,452 ha compare
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 38,781 ha compare
- 15 Mexico 38,623 ha compare
- 16 Sudan 37,639 ha compare
- 17 Kazakhstan 36,943 ha compare
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 27.72 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.57 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.41 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 789,689 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 787,239 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Northern Africa was 155,043 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 191,245 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,252 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 14th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.