Watermelons — Area harvested in World
World: Watermelons — Area harvested was 3.05 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in World is 3.05 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in World peaked at 3.48 million ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1.75 million ha, in 1970.
World ranks 1st of 28 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.96 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.00 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 1.97 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 1.95 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 1.93 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 1.89 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 1.93 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 1.93 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 1.90 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 1.75 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1971 | 1.84 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 1.90 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 1.95 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 1.86 million ha | -4.9% |
| 1975 | 1.88 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 1.92 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 1.90 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 2.07 million ha | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 1.98 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 1.91 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 1.93 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 2.03 million ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 2.02 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 2.06 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 2.36 million ha | +14.5% |
| 1986 | 2.40 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 2.53 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 2.43 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 2.34 million ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 2.11 million ha | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 2.19 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 2.24 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 2.27 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 2.23 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 2.35 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 2.48 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 2.58 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 2.86 million ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 3.03 million ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 3.18 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 3.29 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 3.34 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 3.48 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 3.27 million ha | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 3.28 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 3.37 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 3.26 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 3.18 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 3.20 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 3.24 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 3.20 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 3.13 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 3.15 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 3.16 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 3.17 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 3.21 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 3.09 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 3.10 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 3.16 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 3.16 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 3.08 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 3.05 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 3.07 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 3.05 million ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.94 million ha | 1.89 million ha | 2.00 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.91 million ha | 1.75 million ha | 2.07 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.20 million ha | 1.91 million ha | 2.53 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.43 million ha | 2.11 million ha | 3.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.28 million ha | 3.18 million ha | 3.48 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.16 million ha | 3.09 million ha | 3.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.08 million ha | 3.05 million ha | 3.16 million ha | 5 |
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More environment data for World
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 4.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.27 % 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 0.2123 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in World?
- Watermelons — area harvested in World was 3.05 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 3.48 million ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.75 million ha in 1970.
- How does World rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.