Watermelons — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Watermelons — Area harvested was 31,694 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Pakistan stood at 31,694 ha.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 44,399 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6,000 ha, in 1965.
That places Pakistan 15th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,700 ha | +8.1% |
| 1963 | 6,200 ha | -7.5% |
| 1964 | 6,400 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 7,100 ha | +18.3% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +12.7% |
| 1968 | 13,400 ha | +67.5% |
| 1969 | 11,000 ha | -17.9% |
| 1970 | 10,600 ha | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 11,800 ha | +11.3% |
| 1972 | 13,100 ha | +11.0% |
| 1973 | 14,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 14,400 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 14,300 ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 12,800 ha | -10.5% |
| 1977 | 11,200 ha | -12.5% |
| 1978 | 12,300 ha | +9.8% |
| 1979 | 13,300 ha | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 11,620 ha | -12.6% |
| 1981 | 11,958 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 12,725 ha | +6.4% |
| 1983 | 11,507 ha | -9.6% |
| 1984 | 13,607 ha | +18.2% |
| 1985 | 12,355 ha | -9.2% |
| 1986 | 15,440 ha | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 16,655 ha | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 19,160 ha | +15.0% |
| 1989 | 20,648 ha | +7.8% |
| 1990 | 21,930 ha | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 18,458 ha | -15.8% |
| 1992 | 19,425 ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 22,533 ha | +16.0% |
| 1994 | 22,001 ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 25,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 27,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 28,954 ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 28,613 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 26,518 ha | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 21,679 ha | -18.2% |
| 2002 | 23,652 ha | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 23,047 ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 25,751 ha | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 22,770 ha | -11.6% |
| 2006 | 26,928 ha | +18.3% |
| 2007 | 27,573 ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 27,939 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 28,391 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 28,928 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 27,911 ha | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 23,877 ha | -14.5% |
| 2013 | 38,703 ha | +62.1% |
| 2014 | 36,809 ha | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 36,663 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 37,142 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 37,180 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 34,763 ha | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 42,114 ha | +21.1% |
| 2020 | 44,399 ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 30,680 ha | -30.9% |
| 2022 | 39,698 ha | +29.4% |
| 2023 | 33,190 ha | -16.4% |
| 2024 | 31,694 ha | -4.5% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 31,694 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,023 ha, 5.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 31,694 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,884 ha, 8.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,889 ha | 6,000 ha | 13,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,780 ha | 10,600 ha | 14,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,568 ha | 11,507 ha | 20,648 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,691 ha | 18,458 ha | 28,954 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,425 ha | 21,679 ha | 28,391 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,409 ha | 23,877 ha | 42,114 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,932 ha | 30,680 ha | 44,399 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 12 Sudan 37,639 ha compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6,323 ha compare
- 13 Kazakhstan 36,943 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 5,786 ha compare
- 14 Yugoslav SFR 34,200 ha compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,430 ha compare
- 16 Indonesia 31,158 ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 106 ha compare
- 17 Turkmenistan 27,928 ha compare
- 18 Niger 26,001 ha compare
More environment data for Pakistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.373 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.7034 % 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 3.1 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Pakistan was 31,694 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 44,399 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Pakistan rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 15th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.