Watermelons — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Watermelons — Area harvested was 880 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Portugal is 880 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.8% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 1,110 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 104 ha, in 2000.
That places Portugal 78th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 310 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 310 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 310 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 310 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 310 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 350 ha | +12.9% |
| 1971 | 330 ha | -5.7% |
| 1972 | 300 ha | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 330 ha | -5.7% |
| 1975 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 340 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 300 ha | -11.8% |
| 1984 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 450 ha | +50.0% |
| 1990 | 300 ha | -33.3% |
| 1991 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 279 ha | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 259 ha | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 236 ha | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 213 ha | -9.7% |
| 1996 | 192 ha | -9.9% |
| 1997 | 173 ha | -9.9% |
| 1998 | 157 ha | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 146 ha | -7.0% |
| 2000 | 104 ha | -28.8% |
| 2001 | 108 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 122 ha | +13.0% |
| 2003 | 132 ha | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 160 ha | +21.2% |
| 2005 | 195 ha | +21.9% |
| 2006 | 220 ha | +12.8% |
| 2007 | 350 ha | +59.1% |
| 2008 | 318 ha | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 370 ha | +16.4% |
| 2010 | 582 ha | +57.3% |
| 2011 | 692 ha | +18.9% |
| 2012 | 720 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 831 ha | +15.4% |
| 2014 | 868 ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 1,052 ha | +21.2% |
| 2016 | 1,109 ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 1,110 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 930 ha | -16.2% |
| 2019 | 900 ha | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 680 ha | -24.4% |
| 2021 | 750 ha | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 870 ha | +16.0% |
| 2023 | 760 ha | -12.6% |
| 2024 | 880 ha | +15.8% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 880 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 228 ha, 3.9× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 880 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 965 ha, 91% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 306.67 ha | 300 ha | 310 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 331 ha | 300 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 325 ha | 300 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 225.5 ha | 146 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 207.9 ha | 104 ha | 370 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 879.4 ha | 582 ha | 1,110 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 788 ha | 680 ha | 880 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Portugal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6043 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5127 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.44 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.29 % 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 0.1607 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Portugal?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Portugal was 880 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,110 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 104 ha in 2000.
- How does Portugal rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 78th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.