Watermelons — Production in Caribbean
Caribbean: Watermelons — Production was 1.09 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — production in Caribbean is 1.09 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 22.8% on the previous year and up 260.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Caribbean peaked at 1.09 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,357 t, in 1961.
Caribbean ranks 22nd of 28 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Production in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,357 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,861 t | +37.1% |
| 1963 | 1,407 t | -24.4% |
| 1964 | 1,407 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,516 t | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 1,476 t | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 1,668 t | +13.0% |
| 1968 | 1,881 t | +12.8% |
| 1969 | 2,408 t | +28.0% |
| 1970 | 4,656 t | +93.4% |
| 1971 | 3,503 t | -24.8% |
| 1972 | 2,644 t | -24.5% |
| 1973 | 2,624 t | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 3,030 t | +15.5% |
| 1975 | 2,537 t | -16.3% |
| 1976 | 4,002 t | +57.7% |
| 1977 | 9,568 t | +139.1% |
| 1978 | 4,152 t | -56.6% |
| 1979 | 3,815 t | -8.1% |
| 1980 | 3,522 t | -7.7% |
| 1981 | 5,371 t | +52.5% |
| 1982 | 3,460 t | -35.6% |
| 1983 | 4,581 t | +32.4% |
| 1984 | 6,933 t | +51.3% |
| 1985 | 8,328 t | +20.1% |
| 1986 | 5,778 t | -30.6% |
| 1987 | 7,127 t | +23.3% |
| 1988 | 6,267 t | -12.1% |
| 1989 | 7,489 t | +19.5% |
| 1990 | 24,673 t | +229.5% |
| 1991 | 23,654 t | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 27,111 t | +14.6% |
| 1993 | 28,916 t | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 29,227 t | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 32,733 t | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 51,158 t | +56.3% |
| 1997 | 58,063 t | +13.5% |
| 1998 | 69,234 t | +19.2% |
| 1999 | 62,895 t | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 66,222 t | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 84,595 t | +27.7% |
| 2002 | 74,703 t | -11.7% |
| 2003 | 91,298 t | +22.2% |
| 2004 | 101,931 t | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 93,560 t | -8.2% |
| 2006 | 89,450 t | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 76,529 t | -14.4% |
| 2008 | 76,722 t | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 80,790 t | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 207,522 t | +156.9% |
| 2011 | 237,163 t | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 224,457 t | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 309,969 t | +38.1% |
| 2014 | 303,701 t | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 366,792 t | +20.8% |
| 2016 | 389,868 t | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 473,402 t | +21.4% |
| 2018 | 474,185 t | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 516,503 t | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 513,748 t | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 517,211 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 710,332 t | +37.3% |
| 2023 | 890,793 t | +25.4% |
| 2024 | 1.09 million t | +22.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +229.5% | 7,489 t | 24,673 t |
| 2010 | +156.9% | 80,790 t | 207,522 t |
| 1977 | +139.1% | 4,002 t | 9,568 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,665 t | 1,357 t | 2,408 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,053 t | 2,537 t | 9,568 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,886 t | 3,460 t | 8,328 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,766 t | 23,654 t | 69,234 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 83,580 t | 66,222 t | 101,931 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 350,356 t | 207,522 t | 516,503 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 745,209 t | 513,748 t | 1.09 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 19 Turkmenistan 650,528 t compare
- 20 Niger 646,397 t compare
- 21 Saudi Arabia 608,478 t compare
- 22 Greece 509,180 t compare
- 23 Tunisia 504,092 t compare
- 24 Mali 488,121 t compare
- 25 Yugoslav SFR 447,000 t compare
More environment data for Caribbean
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.233 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 6.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 5.69 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 566,466 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 264 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 1,299 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Caribbean?
- Watermelons — production in Caribbean was 1.09 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,357 t in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for watermelons — production?
- Caribbean ranks 22nd out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 260.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean 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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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.