Watermelons — Area harvested in Peru
Peru: Watermelons — Area harvested was 5,515 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Peru recorded 5,515 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.4% on the previous year and up 70.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Peru peaked at 5,515 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Peru 49th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1963 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 3,630 ha | +51.2% |
| 1967 | 4,040 ha | +11.3% |
| 1968 | 3,525 ha | -12.7% |
| 1969 | 3,580 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 3,455 ha | -3.5% |
| 1971 | 2,784 ha | -19.4% |
| 1972 | 2,970 ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 2,653 ha | -10.7% |
| 1974 | 2,627 ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 2,066 ha | -21.4% |
| 1976 | 2,116 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 2,427 ha | +14.7% |
| 1978 | 2,520 ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 2,544 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 2,539 ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 2,774 ha | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 2,620 ha | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 2,812 ha | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 2,833 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 2,321 ha | -18.1% |
| 1986 | 2,540 ha | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 2,814 ha | +10.8% |
| 1988 | 2,553 ha | -9.3% |
| 1989 | 2,414 ha | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 2,372 ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 2,454 ha | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 2,444 ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 2,197 ha | -10.1% |
| 1994 | 2,426 ha | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 3,306 ha | +36.3% |
| 1996 | 3,293 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 3,613 ha | +9.7% |
| 1998 | 3,548 ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 3,570 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 3,190 ha | -10.6% |
| 2001 | 3,049 ha | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 2,592 ha | -15.0% |
| 2003 | 2,133 ha | -17.7% |
| 2004 | 2,711 ha | +27.1% |
| 2005 | 2,159 ha | -20.4% |
| 2006 | 2,550 ha | +18.1% |
| 2007 | 2,720 ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 3,185 ha | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 3,938 ha | +23.6% |
| 2010 | 3,593 ha | -8.8% |
| 2011 | 3,254 ha | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 3,634 ha | +11.7% |
| 2013 | 3,391 ha | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 3,230 ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 3,405 ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 3,530 ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 3,857 ha | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 3,911 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 4,458 ha | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 4,234 ha | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 4,527 ha | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 4,103 ha | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 4,950 ha | +20.6% |
| 2024 | 5,515 ha | +11.4% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 5,515 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Peru's 5,515 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,186 ha, 4.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,897 ha | 2,000 ha | 4,040 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,616 ha | 2,066 ha | 3,455 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,622 ha | 2,321 ha | 2,833 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,922 ha | 2,197 ha | 3,613 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,823 ha | 2,133 ha | 3,938 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,626 ha | 3,230 ha | 4,458 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,666 ha | 4,103 ha | 5,515 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Peru
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4511 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.13 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.295 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.18 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2019)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.59 % 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 0.1844 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Peru?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Peru was 5,515 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 5,515 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Peru rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 49th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.