Watermelons — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Watermelons — Area harvested was 291,563 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 291,563 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 344,648 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 93,700 ha, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 9th of 32 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 116,600 ha | 93,700 ha | 130,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 162,670 ha | 125,400 ha | 185,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 234,302 ha | 164,750 ha | 299,074 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 186,717 ha | 165,272 ha | 208,469 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 208,134 ha | 169,736 ha | 252,170 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 267,476 ha | 221,791 ha | 344,648 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 285,895 ha | 269,070 ha | 297,332 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 13.9 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 38.89 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 4.77 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 10.64 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 14.43 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Southern Asia was 291,563 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 344,648 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 93,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 9th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.