Watermelons — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Watermelons — Production was 430,941 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — production in Eastern Africa is 430,941 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 13.9% on the previous year and up 153.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 646,495 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5 t, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 23rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5 t | — |
| 1962 | 5 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6 t | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 6 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7 t | +16.7% |
| 1969 | 7 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 7 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 7 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 7 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8 t | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10 t | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 20 t | +100.0% |
| 1981 | 30 t | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 40 t | +33.3% |
| 1983 | 8,055 t | +20037.5% |
| 1984 | 10,060 t | +24.9% |
| 1985 | 10,060 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12,065 t | +19.9% |
| 1987 | 13,069 t | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 10,076 t | -22.9% |
| 1989 | 13,115 t | +30.2% |
| 1990 | 17,796 t | +35.7% |
| 1991 | 21,391 t | +20.2% |
| 1992 | 21,027 t | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 30,891 t | +46.9% |
| 1994 | 36,370 t | +17.7% |
| 1995 | 35,173 t | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 37,720 t | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 35,724 t | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 35,803 t | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 34,287 t | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 28,355 t | -17.3% |
| 2001 | 29,083 t | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 30,219 t | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 29,021 t | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 31,170 t | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 47,262 t | +51.6% |
| 2006 | 49,683 t | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 42,927 t | -13.6% |
| 2008 | 48,657 t | +13.3% |
| 2009 | 50,031 t | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 82,441 t | +64.8% |
| 2011 | 110,120 t | +33.6% |
| 2012 | 145,624 t | +32.2% |
| 2013 | 153,709 t | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 169,975 t | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 254,040 t | +49.5% |
| 2016 | 244,857 t | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 199,177 t | -18.7% |
| 2018 | 262,327 t | +31.7% |
| 2019 | 500,478 t | +90.8% |
| 2020 | 646,495 t | +29.2% |
| 2021 | 577,395 t | -10.7% |
| 2022 | 603,551 t | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 500,254 t | -17.1% |
| 2024 | 430,941 t | -13.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Production in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +20037.5% | 40 t | 8,055 t |
| 1980 | +100.0% | 10 t | 20 t |
| 2019 | +90.8% | 262,327 t | 500,478 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.89 t | 5 t | 7 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.9 t | 7 t | 10 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,659 t | 20 t | 13,115 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,618 t | 17,796 t | 37,720 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,641 t | 28,355 t | 50,031 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 212,275 t | 82,441 t | 500,478 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 551,727 t | 430,941 t | 646,495 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 107,047 million USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 97,059 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 4.52 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 17.47 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 11.13 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — production in Eastern Africa?
- Watermelons — production in Eastern Africa was 430,941 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 646,495 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for watermelons — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 23rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 153.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.