Watermelons — Area harvested in Ukraine
Ukraine: Watermelons — Area harvested was 23,100 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Ukraine, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ukraine recorded 23,100 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 60.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Ukraine peaked at 81,700 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 22,800 ha, in 2022.
Ukraine ranks 22nd of 131 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 76,610 ha | — |
| 1993 | 75,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 51,000 ha | -32.0% |
| 1995 | 81,700 ha | +60.2% |
| 1996 | 70,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1997 | 69,400 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 48,600 ha | -30.0% |
| 1999 | 77,000 ha | +58.4% |
| 2000 | 72,600 ha | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 50,600 ha | -30.3% |
| 2002 | 62,100 ha | +22.7% |
| 2003 | 59,400 ha | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 47,700 ha | -19.7% |
| 2005 | 40,100 ha | -15.9% |
| 2006 | 65,200 ha | +62.6% |
| 2007 | 61,800 ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 67,500 ha | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 63,300 ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 62,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 62,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 60,800 ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 61,120 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 58,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 55,200 ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 51,700 ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 51,300 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 46,700 ha | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 47,300 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 46,500 ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 45,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 22,800 ha | -50.0% |
| 2023 | 23,400 ha | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 23,100 ha | -1.3% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 23,100 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 4.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 23,100 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 965 ha, 23.9× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in Ukraine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +62.6% | 40,100 ha | 65,200 ha |
| 1995 | +60.2% | 51,000 ha | 81,700 ha |
| 1999 | +58.4% | 48,600 ha | 77,000 ha |
| 2022 | -50.0% | 45,600 ha | 22,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 68,664 ha | 48,600 ha | 81,700 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 59,030 ha | 40,100 ha | 72,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,622 ha | 46,700 ha | 62,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,280 ha | 22,800 ha | 46,500 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Ukraine
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.91 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.795 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.27 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 9.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.31 % 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 -5.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Ukraine?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Ukraine was 23,100 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 81,700 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,800 ha in 2022.
- How does Ukraine rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Ukraine ranks 22nd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.