Watermelons — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Watermelons — Area harvested was 62,941 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Southern Europe stood at 62,941 ha.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 126,120 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 59,639 ha, in 2022.
That places Southern Europe 20th out of 32 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 107,032 ha | 95,979 ha | 115,564 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 118,414 ha | 109,830 ha | 126,120 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 108,208 ha | 101,801 ha | 118,830 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,989 ha | 91,151 ha | 107,996 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 83,522 ha | 73,325 ha | 92,112 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 66,278 ha | 61,218 ha | 75,835 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,702 ha | 59,639 ha | 66,717 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 17 Kazakhstan 36,943 ha compare
- 18 Yugoslav SFR 34,200 ha compare
- 19 Pakistan 31,694 ha compare
- 20 Indonesia 31,158 ha compare
- 21 Turkmenistan 27,928 ha compare
- 22 Niger 26,001 ha compare
- 23 Paraguay 24,467 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 73.08 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 48.29 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 24.80 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 783,078 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 6.44 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 850,367 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 7.13 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 15.51 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Southern Europe was 62,941 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 126,120 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,639 ha in 2022.
- How does Southern Europe rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 20th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.