Watermelons — Production in Brazil
Brazil: Watermelons — Production was 1.98 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 1.98 million t for watermelons — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 11.0% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Brazil peaked at 2.31 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 221,883 t, in 1976.
Brazil ranks 6th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Production in Brazil, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 241,353 t | — |
| 1962 | 240,150 t | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 236,817 t | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 246,741 t | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 236,823 t | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 249,399 t | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 285,891 t | +14.6% |
| 1968 | 312,120 t | +9.2% |
| 1969 | 290,919 t | -6.8% |
| 1970 | 247,347 t | -15.0% |
| 1971 | 300,564 t | +21.5% |
| 1972 | 285,120 t | -5.1% |
| 1973 | 286,701 t | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 264,696 t | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 273,354 t | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 221,883 t | -18.8% |
| 1977 | 237,027 t | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 279,201 t | +17.8% |
| 1979 | 284,355 t | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 294,810 t | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 284,478 t | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 339,630 t | +19.4% |
| 1983 | 330,504 t | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 354,462 t | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 334,911 t | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 343,872 t | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 415,332 t | +20.8% |
| 1988 | 468,411 t | +12.8% |
| 1989 | 449,478 t | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 437,202 t | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 432,435 t | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 396,429 t | -8.3% |
| 1993 | 441,477 t | +11.4% |
| 1994 | 447,963 t | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 763,236 t | +70.4% |
| 1996 | 541,758 t | -29.0% |
| 1997 | 624,687 t | +15.3% |
| 1998 | 598,587 t | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 657,060 t | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 680,364 t | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 1.45 million t | +113.2% |
| 2002 | 1.49 million t | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 1.91 million t | +27.8% |
| 2004 | 1.72 million t | -9.8% |
| 2005 | 1.64 million t | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 1.95 million t | +18.9% |
| 2007 | 2.09 million t | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 2.00 million t | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 2.07 million t | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 2.05 million t | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 2.20 million t | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 2.08 million t | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 2.16 million t | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 2.17 million t | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 2.12 million t | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 2.09 million t | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 2.31 million t | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 2.24 million t | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 2.29 million t | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 2.18 million t | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 2.14 million t | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 1.93 million t | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 1.78 million t | -7.8% |
| 2024 | 1.98 million t | +11.0% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 1.98 million t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 125,303 t, 15.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 1.98 million t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 45,418 t, 43.6× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Brazil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +113.2% | 680,364 t | 1.45 million t |
| 1995 | +70.4% | 447,963 t | 763,236 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 260,024 t | 236,817 t | 312,120 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 268,025 t | 221,883 t | 300,564 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 361,589 t | 284,478 t | 468,411 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 534,083 t | 396,429 t | 763,236 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.70 million t | 680,364 t | 2.09 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.17 million t | 2.05 million t | 2.31 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.00 million t | 1.78 million t | 2.18 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 3 Türkiye 3.20 million t compare
- 3 USSR 4.95 million t compare
- 4 India 3.72 million t compare
- 5 Algeria 2.52 million t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.28 million t compare
- 6 Viet Nam 1.24 million t compare
- 7 Russian Federation 1.94 million t compare
- 7 Melanesia 215,138 t compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 207,686 t compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 1.73 million t compare
- 9 Senegal 1.36 million t compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 158,359 t compare
More environment data for Brazil
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.221 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 14.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.155 % 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 -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Brazil?
- Watermelons — production in Brazil was 1.98 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 2.31 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 221,883 t in 1976.
- How does Brazil rank for watermelons — production?
- Brazil ranks 6th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — Production. 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.