Watermelons — Production in China, mainland
China, mainland: Watermelons — Production was 63.51 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — production in China, mainland stood at 63.51 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in China, mainland peaked at 63.75 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.27 million t, in 1972.
China, mainland ranks 2nd of 143 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.77 million t | 5.15 million t | 6.52 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.91 million t | 4.27 million t | 5.50 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.62 million t | 5.13 million t | 14.20 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.85 million t | 10.70 million t | 46.16 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.75 million t | 51.47 million t | 61.85 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.37 million t | 60.00 million t | 63.15 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.85 million t | 61.63 million t | 63.75 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
More environment data for China, mainland
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area 128,608 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 32.82 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 13.7 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 108,466 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 27.68 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 20,142 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 74,542 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in China, mainland?
- Watermelons — production in China, mainland was 63.51 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 63.75 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.27 million t in 1972.
- How does China, mainland rank for watermelons — production?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 143 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.