Watermelons — Area harvested in Serbia
Serbia: Watermelons — Area harvested was 5,118 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Serbia, 2006–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Serbia is 5,118 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Serbia peaked at 16,237 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 5,035 ha, in 2021.
Serbia ranks 52nd of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Serbia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 16,237 ha | — |
| 2007 | 15,758 ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 15,976 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 15,328 ha | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 14,148 ha | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 13,874 ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 7,004 ha | -49.5% |
| 2013 | 6,800 ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 6,396 ha | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 6,824 ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 6,314 ha | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 8,372 ha | +32.6% |
| 2018 | 6,814 ha | -18.6% |
| 2019 | 5,709 ha | -16.2% |
| 2020 | 5,237 ha | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 5,035 ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 5,168 ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 5,229 ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 5,118 ha | -2.1% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 5,118 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 5,118 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 965 ha, 5.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in Serbia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | -49.5% | 13,874 ha | 7,004 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15,825 ha | 15,328 ha | 16,237 ha | 4 |
| 2010s | 8,226 ha | 5,709 ha | 14,148 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,157 ha | 5,035 ha | 5,237 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
- 49 Peru 5,515 ha compare
- 50 South Africa 5,379 ha compare
- 51 Bulgaria 5,330 ha compare
- 53 North Macedonia 5,064 ha compare
- 54 Ecuador 5,012 ha compare
- 55 Mauritania 4,709 ha compare
More environment data for Serbia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.72 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.594 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.12 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 10.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per capita 0.001 metric tons per person (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Serbia?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Serbia was 5,118 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 16,237 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,035 ha in 2021.
- How does Serbia rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Serbia ranks 52nd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Serbia 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.