Watermelons — Area harvested in Somalia
Somalia: Watermelons — Area harvested was 1,158 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Somalia, 1983–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Somalia stood at 1,158 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 516.0% on the previous year and up 219.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Somalia peaked at 2,289 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 140 ha, in 2020.
That places Somalia 72nd 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 800 ha | — |
| 1984 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 900 ha | -18.2% |
| 1989 | 1,100 ha | +22.2% |
| 1990 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 1,600 ha | +60.0% |
| 1994 | 2,100 ha | +31.2% |
| 1995 | 2,073 ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 2,219 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 2,289 ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 2,281 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 1,915 ha | -16.0% |
| 2000 | 1,520 ha | -20.6% |
| 2001 | 1,510 ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1,510 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,230 ha | -18.5% |
| 2004 | 810 ha | -34.1% |
| 2005 | 758 ha | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 645 ha | -14.9% |
| 2007 | 594 ha | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 561 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 528 ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 496 ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 463 ha | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 492 ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 395 ha | -19.7% |
| 2014 | 362 ha | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 333 ha | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 308 ha | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 282 ha | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 253 ha | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 221 ha | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 140 ha | -36.7% |
| 2021 | 211 ha | +50.7% |
| 2022 | 672 ha | +218.5% |
| 2023 | 188 ha | -72.0% |
| 2024 | 1,158 ha | +516.0% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 1,158 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 23,576 ha, 5% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 1,158 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,701 ha, 20% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +516.0% | 188 ha | 1,158 ha |
| 2022 | +218.5% | 211 ha | 672 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 957.14 ha | 800 ha | 1,100 ha | 7 |
| 1990s | 1,778 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,289 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 966.6 ha | 528 ha | 1,520 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 360.5 ha | 221 ha | 496 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 473.8 ha | 140 ha | 1,158 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More environment data for Somalia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5029 % 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 -0.1376 % 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 Somalia?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Somalia was 1,158 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,289 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 140 ha in 2020.
- How does Somalia rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Somalia ranks 72nd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 219.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Somalia 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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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.