Watermelons — Production in China
China: Watermelons — Production was 63.64 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — production in China stood at 63.64 million t.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in China peaked at 63.88 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.49 million t, in 1972.
China ranks 1st 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 China, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.55 million t | — |
| 1962 | 6.58 million t | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 5.90 million t | -10.3% |
| 1964 | 5.25 million t | -11.1% |
| 1965 | 5.48 million t | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 5.50 million t | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 5.59 million t | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 5.79 million t | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 6.03 million t | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 4.64 million t | -23.1% |
| 1971 | 5.15 million t | +11.0% |
| 1972 | 4.49 million t | -12.8% |
| 1973 | 5.03 million t | +12.1% |
| 1974 | 4.99 million t | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 5.19 million t | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 5.23 million t | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 5.43 million t | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 5.72 million t | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 5.69 million t | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 5.47 million t | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 6.29 million t | +15.0% |
| 1982 | 6.27 million t | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 7.02 million t | +12.1% |
| 1984 | 7.84 million t | +11.6% |
| 1985 | 12.18 million t | +55.4% |
| 1986 | 12.75 million t | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 14.16 million t | +11.0% |
| 1988 | 14.58 million t | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 12.73 million t | -12.7% |
| 1990 | 10.96 million t | -13.9% |
| 1991 | 11.55 million t | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 14.54 million t | +25.9% |
| 1993 | 17.35 million t | +19.4% |
| 1994 | 17.40 million t | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 18.83 million t | +8.2% |
| 1996 | 23.82 million t | +26.5% |
| 1997 | 35.00 million t | +47.0% |
| 1998 | 35.80 million t | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 46.55 million t | +30.0% |
| 2000 | 51.82 million t | +11.3% |
| 2001 | 57.51 million t | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 62.04 million t | +7.9% |
| 2003 | 58.34 million t | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 57.83 million t | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 60.11 million t | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 62.08 million t | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 54.97 million t | -11.4% |
| 2008 | 57.71 million t | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 57.93 million t | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 60.74 million t | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 60.25 million t | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 60.53 million t | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 61.22 million t | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 61.70 million t | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 62.89 million t | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 62.41 million t | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 63.36 million t | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 61.76 million t | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 61.04 million t | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 62.51 million t | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 61.79 million t | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 63.16 million t | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 63.88 million t | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 63.64 million t | -0.4% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 63.64 million t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 125,303 t, 507.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- China's 63.64 million t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 128,948 t, 493.5× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +55.4% | 7.84 million t | 12.18 million t |
| 1997 | +47.0% | 23.82 million t | 35.00 million t |
| 1999 | +30.0% | 35.80 million t | 46.55 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.85 million t | 5.25 million t | 6.58 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.15 million t | 4.49 million t | 5.72 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.93 million t | 5.47 million t | 14.58 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.18 million t | 10.96 million t | 46.55 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.03 million t | 51.82 million t | 62.08 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.59 million t | 60.25 million t | 63.36 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.00 million t | 61.79 million t | 63.88 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
More environment data for China
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 5.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8065 % 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 -0.2517 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in China?
- Watermelons — production in China was 63.64 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 63.88 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.49 million t in 1972.
- How does China rank for watermelons — production?
- China ranks 1st out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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.