Watermelons — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Watermelons — Area harvested was 177,552 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 177,552 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.7% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 343,585 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 163,273 ha, in 2023.
Western Asia ranks 12th of 32 groups on this measure, 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 | 235,272 ha | 207,648 ha | 256,639 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 270,728 ha | 229,617 ha | 300,930 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 302,778 ha | 247,036 ha | 343,585 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 263,185 ha | 223,227 ha | 293,106 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 269,099 ha | 241,077 ha | 282,599 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 204,921 ha | 181,628 ha | 230,720 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 180,303 ha | 163,273 ha | 191,868 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 9 Türkiye 63,267 ha compare
- 10 Algeria 62,949 ha compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56,048 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 45,596 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 484,480 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 479,195 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 274,698 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Western Asia was 177,552 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 343,585 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 163,273 ha in 2023.
- How does Western Asia rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 12th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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.