Watermelons — Area harvested in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Watermelons — Area harvested was 26,596 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) stood at 26,596 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.1% on the previous year and up 222.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) peaked at 26,596 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 228 ha, in 1961.
That places Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 25th out of 32 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 282.89 ha | 228 ha | 381 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 551.2 ha | 458 ha | 797 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 758.2 ha | 482 ha | 1,117 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,815 ha | 4,703 ha | 12,363 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,779 ha | 8,352 ha | 11,329 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,943 ha | 7,095 ha | 10,367 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,275 ha | 6,901 ha | 26,596 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
- Standard Deviation 0.168 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.21 °C (2025)
- Agriculture — Area 16,068 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 176,855 t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 38,354 1000 USD (1989)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 223,110 1000 USD (1989)
- Country area — Area 135,020 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 121,110 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 8.2 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 60.27 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was 26,596 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 26,596 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 228 ha in 1961.
- How does Small Island Developing States (SIDS) rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ranks 25th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 222.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 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.