Watermelons — Area harvested in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Watermelons — Area harvested was 75 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Solomon Islands is 75 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Solomon Islands peaked at 76 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 13 ha, in 1961.
That places Solomon Islands 99th out of 131 countries 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.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14 ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 15 ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 16 ha | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 17 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 18 ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 18 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 19 ha | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20 ha | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 21 ha | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 22 ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 23 ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 24 ha | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 24 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 25 ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 26 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 26 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 27 ha | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 28 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 30 ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 36 ha | +20.0% |
| 1992 | 35 ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 40 ha | +14.3% |
| 1995 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 35 ha | -12.5% |
| 1997 | 40 ha | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 45 ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 35 ha | -22.2% |
| 2001 | 45 ha | +28.6% |
| 2002 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 50 ha | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 60 ha | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 65 ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 63 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 64 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 65 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 68 ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 69 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 73 ha | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 73 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 72 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 73 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 76 ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 74 ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 76 ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 75 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 75 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 76 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 75 ha | -1.3% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 75 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,023 ha, 1% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 75 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,036 ha, 2% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in Solomon Islands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +28.6% | 35 ha | 45 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.22 ha | 13 ha | 17 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.9 ha | 18 ha | 22 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.3 ha | 23 ha | 28 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 38.1 ha | 30 ha | 45 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 52.3 ha | 35 ha | 65 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 70.7 ha | 64 ha | 76 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.4 ha | 75 ha | 76 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Solomon Islands
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8823 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.193 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.34 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.49 % 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 0.3636 % 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 Solomon Islands?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Solomon Islands was 75 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 76 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 ha in 1961.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Solomon Islands ranks 99th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.