Watermelons — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Watermelons — Area harvested was 92,607 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Senegal, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Senegal stood at 92,607 ha. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 359.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 92,607 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,500 ha, in 1987.
Senegal ranks 6th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1990 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1991 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1992 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1993 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 6,246 ha | +13.6% |
| 1995 | 14,148 ha | +126.5% |
| 1996 | 10,977 ha | -22.4% |
| 1997 | 14,151 ha | +28.9% |
| 1998 | 20,882 ha | +47.6% |
| 1999 | 20,226 ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 7,449 ha | -63.2% |
| 2001 | 8,511 ha | +14.3% |
| 2002 | 15,971 ha | +87.7% |
| 2003 | 26,447 ha | +65.6% |
| 2004 | 23,465 ha | -11.3% |
| 2005 | 22,139 ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 16,274 ha | -26.5% |
| 2007 | 9,893 ha | -39.2% |
| 2008 | 22,665 ha | +129.1% |
| 2009 | 17,533 ha | -22.6% |
| 2010 | 23,411 ha | +33.5% |
| 2011 | 13,940 ha | -40.5% |
| 2012 | 16,582 ha | +19.0% |
| 2013 | 12,266 ha | -26.0% |
| 2014 | 20,167 ha | +64.4% |
| 2015 | 19,729 ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 18,689 ha | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 19,316 ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 70,000 ha | +262.4% |
| 2019 | 72,269 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 86,564 ha | +19.8% |
| 2021 | 85,710 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 89,555 ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 92,014 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 92,607 ha | +0.6% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 92,607 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,023 ha, 15.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 92,607 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,701 ha, 16.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in Senegal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +262.4% | 19,316 ha | 70,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3,000 ha | 2,500 ha | 3,500 ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 10,563 ha | 4,000 ha | 20,882 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,035 ha | 7,449 ha | 26,447 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,637 ha | 12,266 ha | 72,269 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 89,290 ha | 85,710 ha | 92,607 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 3 Türkiye 63,267 ha compare
- 3 USSR 480,000 ha compare
- 4 India 127,811 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56,048 ha compare
- 5 Russian Federation 106,017 ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 48,155 ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 38,781 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 83,288 ha compare
- 8 Afghanistan 76,004 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 18,464 ha compare
- 9 Algeria 62,949 ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 14,041 ha compare
More environment data for Senegal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.432 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.48 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.08 % 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 -0.1647 % 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 Senegal?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Senegal was 92,607 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 92,607 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1987.
- How does Senegal rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 6th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 359.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Senegal 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.