Watermelons — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Watermelons — Area harvested was 152,957 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Western Africa is 152,957 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 373.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 152,957 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,570 ha, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 15th out of 32 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,041 ha | 2,570 ha | 4,110 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,385 ha | 4,610 ha | 6,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,877 ha | 6,220 ha | 11,511 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,443 ha | 11,461 ha | 43,121 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,375 ha | 26,681 ha | 45,230 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,223 ha | 32,323 ha | 111,689 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 141,386 ha | 129,934 ha | 152,957 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 12 Viet Nam 48,155 ha compare
- 13 Uzbekistan 47,452 ha compare
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 38,781 ha compare
- 15 Mexico 38,623 ha compare
- 16 Sudan 37,639 ha compare
- 17 Kazakhstan 36,943 ha compare
- 18 Yugoslav SFR 34,200 ha compare
More environment data for Western Africa
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 241.74 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 20.68 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 79,324 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 113,229 1000 USD (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production 13.78 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 20.62 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Western Africa was 152,957 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 152,957 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,570 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 15th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 373.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.