Watermelons — Production in Central America
Central America: Watermelons — Production was 1.55 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — production in Central America is 1.55 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.1% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Central America peaked at 1.82 million t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 220,391 t, in 1961.
Central America ranks 21st of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Production in Central America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 220,391 t | — |
| 1962 | 360,247 t | +63.5% |
| 1963 | 364,545 t | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 366,847 t | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 360,496 t | -1.7% |
| 1966 | 372,299 t | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 239,691 t | -35.6% |
| 1968 | 224,074 t | -6.5% |
| 1969 | 241,154 t | +7.6% |
| 1970 | 246,989 t | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 381,342 t | +54.4% |
| 1972 | 328,397 t | -13.9% |
| 1973 | 359,361 t | +9.4% |
| 1974 | 366,046 t | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 330,112 t | -9.8% |
| 1976 | 381,601 t | +15.6% |
| 1977 | 423,207 t | +10.9% |
| 1978 | 529,617 t | +25.1% |
| 1979 | 609,734 t | +15.1% |
| 1980 | 530,563 t | -13.0% |
| 1981 | 423,268 t | -20.2% |
| 1982 | 559,185 t | +32.1% |
| 1983 | 466,062 t | -16.7% |
| 1984 | 613,188 t | +31.6% |
| 1985 | 549,778 t | -10.3% |
| 1986 | 527,245 t | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 639,255 t | +21.2% |
| 1988 | 606,675 t | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 733,148 t | +20.8% |
| 1990 | 637,017 t | -13.1% |
| 1991 | 600,909 t | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 740,899 t | +23.3% |
| 1993 | 673,058 t | -9.2% |
| 1994 | 697,060 t | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 759,238 t | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 801,506 t | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 992,432 t | +23.8% |
| 1998 | 982,137 t | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 1.19 million t | +20.7% |
| 2000 | 1.36 million t | +14.7% |
| 2001 | 1.20 million t | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 1.11 million t | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 1.21 million t | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 1.25 million t | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 1.14 million t | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 1.30 million t | +13.5% |
| 2007 | 1.45 million t | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 1.64 million t | +12.7% |
| 2009 | 1.36 million t | -17.1% |
| 2010 | 1.33 million t | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 1.29 million t | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 1.35 million t | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 1.24 million t | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 1.24 million t | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.34 million t | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 1.57 million t | +17.8% |
| 2017 | 1.77 million t | +12.2% |
| 2018 | 1.82 million t | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 1.72 million t | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 1.70 million t | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 1.54 million t | -9.7% |
| 2022 | 1.50 million t | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 1.70 million t | +13.8% |
| 2024 | 1.55 million t | -9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 305,527 t | 220,391 t | 372,299 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 395,641 t | 246,989 t | 609,734 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 564,837 t | 423,268 t | 733,148 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 806,929 t | 600,909 t | 1.19 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.30 million t | 1.11 million t | 1.64 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.47 million t | 1.24 million t | 1.82 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.60 million t | 1.50 million t | 1.70 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More environment data for Central America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 24,240 1000 USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 61,301 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 95,489 million USD (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production 14.37 million m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production 4.46 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Central America?
- Watermelons — production in Central America was 1.55 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.82 million t in 2018.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 220,391 t in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for watermelons — production?
- Central America ranks 21st out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America 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.