Watermelons — Area harvested in United States of America
United States of America: Watermelons — Area harvested was 44,111 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 44,111 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 9.8% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 124,471 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 38,284 ha, in 2020.
That places United States of America 21st out of 28 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.
Watermelons — Area harvested in United States of America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 124,471 ha | — |
| 1962 | 120,708 ha | -3.0% |
| 1963 | 115,864 ha | -4.0% |
| 1964 | 113,472 ha | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 115,868 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 111,546 ha | -3.7% |
| 1967 | 110,583 ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 114,881 ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 110,235 ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 107,726 ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 102,141 ha | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 108,292 ha | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 97,285 ha | -10.2% |
| 1974 | 86,075 ha | -11.5% |
| 1975 | 85,266 ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 94,778 ha | +11.2% |
| 1977 | 92,027 ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 85,956 ha | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 83,083 ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 74,665 ha | -10.1% |
| 1981 | 82,069 ha | +9.9% |
| 1982 | 82,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 82,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 82,300 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 83,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 83,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 82,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 82,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 82,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 84,028 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 98,534 ha | +17.3% |
| 1992 | 92,890 ha | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 81,640 ha | -12.1% |
| 1994 | 84,140 ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 80,320 ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 80,640 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 72,560 ha | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 68,550 ha | -5.5% |
| 1999 | 70,850 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 66,500 ha | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 65,080 ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 61,720 ha | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 60,500 ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 57,340 ha | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 55,890 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 57,910 ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 52,210 ha | -9.8% |
| 2008 | 50,810 ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 50,140 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 54,350 ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 47,580 ha | -12.5% |
| 2012 | 46,860 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 45,980 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 45,060 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 47,130 ha | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 45,490 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 43,670 ha | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 45,082 ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 40,185 ha | -10.9% |
| 2020 | 38,284 ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 42,371 ha | +10.7% |
| 2022 | 41,845 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 40,186 ha | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 44,111 ha | +9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 115,292 ha | 110,235 ha | 124,471 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 94,263 ha | 83,083 ha | 108,292 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 81,513 ha | 74,665 ha | 83,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 81,415 ha | 68,550 ha | 98,534 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,810 ha | 50,140 ha | 66,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,139 ha | 40,185 ha | 54,350 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,359 ha | 38,284 ha | 44,111 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in United States of America?
- Watermelons — area harvested in United States of America was 44,111 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 124,471 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,284 ha in 2020.
- How does United States of America rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- United States of America ranks 21st out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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.